boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSpace is starting to look like the better mining operationarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down117cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todaytechnology@lemmy.worldspace@lemmy.world
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minus-squareFaceDeer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIsn’t one of the current hot topics among environmentalists carbon capture, which is “cleaning up” the atmosphere as a whole?
minus-squareshottymcblinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe only thing carbon capture cleans up is CO2, and it’s not remotely feasible because it would require orders of magnitude more energy than the entire planet consumes even if it were 100% efficient, which it isn’t close to being.
Isn’t one of the current hot topics among environmentalists carbon capture, which is “cleaning up” the atmosphere as a whole?
The only thing carbon capture cleans up is CO2, and it’s not remotely feasible because it would require orders of magnitude more energy than the entire planet consumes even if it were 100% efficient, which it isn’t close to being.