silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agoCarbon storage is becoming a more mainstream climate solution. A new study says that we won’t have enough room to bury all our CO2www.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkCarbon storage is becoming a more mainstream climate solution. A new study says that we won’t have enough room to bury all our CO2www.washingtonpost.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoWhen we burn fossil fuels, CO2 concentrations stay elevated basically forever in human terms. Half the burning since the industrial revolution has happened in the last ~30 years. The human population is young, so to make the kind of difference you’re thinking of, it would mean a campaign of mass murder. I’m not in it for that. You can get a very modest difference in future emissions by encouraging the use of contraceptives, and educating girls, but it isn’t going to get you out of the need for a rapid shift off fossil fuels.
When we burn fossil fuels, CO2 concentrations stay elevated basically forever in human terms. Half the burning since the industrial revolution has happened in the last ~30 years. The human population is young, so to make the kind of difference you’re thinking of, it would mean a campaign of mass murder.
I’m not in it for that.
You can get a very modest difference in future emissions by encouraging the use of contraceptives, and educating girls, but it isn’t going to get you out of the need for a rapid shift off fossil fuels.