Taking CO2 out of the air would be an absurdly expensive way to fight climate change

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/11/24127331/carbon-dioxide-removal-costs-rhodium-group-report

It could cost the US $100 billion a year.

Taking CO2 out of the air would be an absurdly expensive way to fight climate change

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patatoeswizard

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I'm all for more trees but they eventually decompose and release their captured CO2. Combine it with BECCS and it could actually net in reduced CO2 over the course of centuries. We'll need a myriad of solutions, unfortunately a lot of capture methods are greenwashing bs.