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Exotic Powder Pulls Carbon Dioxide from the Air at a Record Rate
(www.scientificamerican.com)
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this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2024
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I still worry that even if DAC becomes really efficient and cost effective, it will only encourage large corps to pollute more. They will claim that since the emissions are removed anyway, they can keep pumping CO2 into the atmosphere without consequence.
I worry more that it will become like recycling, and they'll pretend it works or that it's being done at scale so the majority stops worrying about it