Greenlash in Europe

[SunsetBengal]

(09-27-2023, 06:39 PM)hollodero Wrote: I guess the main reason is that we do not have that many promising technologies aimed at filtering carbon dioxide out of the air. There are certain ideas, but to me they seem quite theoretical and hence not really suited to be a reliable solution. But maybe there is something of substance I am not aware of.

Reducing the emissions, however, is an approach where a lot of viable solutions can be achieved. From more public transportation to lower emission cars and filtering systems and green energy concepts and carbon taxes and so on, green new deal stuff basically. That's what I bleieve is the reason, that politics knows ways to reduce emissions, but does not know ways to reduce the damage already done.

Also, even if we could filter the air and bind some greenhouse gasses, reducing emisions would still probably be a good idea.

As much as you pay attention to what goes on in America, I'm surprised that you haven't learned about this already.

https://www.sej.org/headlines/world-s-biggest-carbon-capture-plant-being-built-texas-will-it-work#:~:text=In%20June%2C%20ceremonial%20shovels%20were,once%20fully%20operational%20in%202025.

Like they say, everything's bigger in Texas..

Quote:World’s Biggest Carbon Capture Plant Being Built In Texas. Will It Work?

"The plant will inject 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the ground each year – but is it just greenwashing from big oil?"
"Rising out of the arid scrubland of western Texas is the world’s largest project yet to remove excess carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, a quest that has been lauded as essential to help avert climate catastrophe. The creators of the project have now been awarded funding from the Biden administration, even as critics attack the technology as a fossil fuel industry-backed distraction.
Proponents of setting up enormous fans to gulp in huge amounts of air and remove planet-heating carbon from it, a process called direct air capture (DAC), are basking in their greatest breakthroughs yet in the US. In June, ceremonial shovels were plunged into the dirt in Ector county, Texas, to mark the start of a $1bn project called Stratos, which aims to remove 500,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere a year once fully operational in 2025.
The advent of the 65-acre (26-hectare) site, which will be marked by a vast network of pipes, buildings and fans to scrub CO2 from the air and then inject it into underground rock formations, was solemnly likened to the Apollo 13 moon mission by Lori Guetre, vice-president of Carbon Engineering, the Canadian-founded company spearheading Stratos, during the groundbreaking."
Oliver Milman reports for the Guardian September 12, 2023.