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How Much Energy Would It Take to Pull Carbon Dioxide out of the Air?(www.wired.com)

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Tarogar@feddit.de
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Basically… A lot! Just to have what effectively amounts to a painkiller. Now don’t get me wrong, those are great but you know what’s better? Solving the issue that causes you pain to begin with.

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fluxion@lemmy.world
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Hmm …what about continuing to go on benders every night and not addressing the problem at all? Would that be bad?

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ChrislyBear@lemmy.world
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I know something better and it’s solar powered: Trees!

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frezik@midwest.social
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Trees are great for other reasons, but they grow far too slow to capture significant carbon. The fastest natural carbon sinks are algae.

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NegativeInf@lemmy.world
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I say, we damn up all of the arctic circle, propagate Azolla there, kill it off and sink it every season. Nature did it once! We can do it again!

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JonDorfman@lemmy.world
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But think of all the space that would take! If you replant forests where are we going to put our superhighways and parking lots?

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sugartits@lemmy.world
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At this point, we need to do both

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Kowowow@lemmy.ca
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Sounds like a great use for nuclear and then if there’s a drop in renewable energy it can pick up the slack

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