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> while putting a substantial portion of GDP into building nuclear reactors and removing carbon from the atmosphere.

So, the first one taking decades and the second one being a meme """solution""" for the science illiterate?

It won't take decades if we invest sufficient resources. It takes about 5 years to build a nuclear reactor, but you can build a bunch of them in parallel. The real problem is opposition to nuclear by the general public, not the technology.

If CDR is a meme solution for the science illiterate, then why does the IPCC include it as a key mitigation strategy?

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/resources/spm-headline-st...

>C.11 The deployment of CDR to counterbalance hard-to-abate residual emissions is unavoidable if net zero CO2 or GHG emissions are to be achieved. The scale and timing of deployment will depend on the trajectories of gross emission reductions in different sectors. Upscaling the deployment of CDR depends on developing effective approaches to address feasibility and sustainability constraints especially at large scales. (high confidence)

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