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bananas

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12. That's not the goal.

Reply to Gravitycollapse (Reply #11)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 07:53 PM

Nov 2013

The goal is to keep warming below 2 degrees C.

Biofuel, wind, solar, nuclear don't caption carbon, they generate electricity without generating CO2.

"Carbon capture" usually refers to trying to capture the CO2 coming out the smokestack of a coal plant.

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If the goal is to carbon capture, we should probably look at other methods. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #11

That's not the goal. bananas Nov 2013 #12

You realize there can be more than one goal, right? So, yes, carbon capture is the goal. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #13

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