A possible return to atomic power??? WTH??? 🤬 🤬 🤬

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85. The problem with carbon pollution (fossil fuels) is the amount used,

vs. the capacity of the planet to absorb carbon.

I'm not an advocate for continuing dependence on fossil fuels - far from it. But if we don't recognize all aspects of the issue, we at best only postpone catastrophe.

Deforestation is probably as big a part of the problem as the use of fossil fuels. If you balance carbon pollution sources with enough capacity of carbon-absorbing plant life, then the problem wouldn't be carbon pollution.

I am not saying it is feasible or that it is the only problem. For example, dirty energy plants create dirty air particularly in certain types of neighborhoods and even having the capacity to capture the carbon* doesn't solve the exposure to the pollution that happens between energy plant and absorption.

* I am not referring to unproven, risky "carbon capture" technologies or "geoengineering" (we are already geoengineering by extracting and burning fossil fuels. How's that one going?). Nature already gave us perfectly safe carbon capture technology - forests. Only problem is the consumption needs of the human population seems to have outgrown our ability, or at least willingness, to set aside the space needed for naturally handling the offal of our needs.