What deep held flaw is built into the human psyche that we would prefer to consider the monstrous technologies of #geoengineering rather than cut any fossil fuel use?
@Ruth_Mottram I honestly don't get it. There is no situation in which the sane, calm and reasoned answer is geoengineering.
If someone genuinely believes we can't figure out how not to burn coal, what on the big beautiful Earth makes them think we can reconfigure the entire climate system?
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@Syulang @Ruth_Mottram We ARE reconfiguring the entire climate system, we have that capability as we prove every day, what they argue is that <their pet technology> can do it in the right direction, with less negative externality than the current uncoordinated reconfiguration we're doing.
@miermont @Syulang @Ruth_Mottram
The real issue with carbon capture technology is that it will justify 'business as usual'.
It will also encourage even more fossil fuel extraction and combustion, because "we have a solution now"....
On top of that, the companies that own carbon capture tech use the liquid CO2 for drilling & extracting oil.