• Th4tGuyII@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Have to agree with all the scepticism. Even if this does work, it’s just going to end up being used as an excuse to allow continued pollution rather than the clean up measure it should be.

    It’s a stupid game to play, and should not be considered our long term strategy… then again, right now the long term strategy seems to be kicking the can down the road, so this might be better than nothing.

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      1 year ago

      I think finding a renewable way of producing hydrocarbons for fuel is pretty valuable though — if these carbon vacuums can eventually be used to essentially turn solar into hydrocarbons, that’s pretty useful.

      Hydrocarbons are, unfortunately, a really great way of storing energy Although hydrogen and batteries are great, stuff like fast transcontinental flights are tough to achieve without the use of jet fuel.

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        1 year ago

        It is valuable, but at the moment it’s like we’ve got a hole in our boat and we’re just throwing the water back out with a bucket. Essentially useless in the long-term without plugging up the hole!