Posted Feb 9, 2019, 6:11 PM
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Carbon capture is too expensive, as noted above. It can definitely be part of the solution, but it's scale will be small and only for the very last fossil fuels left in the system that are hard to remove.
As for "what do we move to?" the answer is obviously electricity. It can literally do almost anything. Transport, heat, industrial power applications, etc.
Shipping and flight are problematic for electricity right now, but battery tech is improving, and of course there are renewable combustible fuels.
We have the technology (and it's getting better every day), we have the resources, despite what some politicians will tell you. All we lack is the willpower.
Planting trees is great too, they are easily the cheapest way to get carbon out of the air.
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