Yet more boondoggles: Extracting carbon dioxide from the air, mining asteroids
Many of the proposed solutions to climate change and resource depletion are really just boondoggles that benefit a few insiders
carbon dioxide removal
Sisyphus, Science & Carbon Removal
The choice to back CDR is conditioned by a desire in society at large to meet net-zero whilst maintaining an economic paradigm and way of life.
Emissions should fall ‘twice as fast’ in case negative emissions fail
Many model pathways designed to meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement rely heavily on large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR), also known as “negative emissions”.