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Agree, net zero carbon emissions is mandatory. But it's not enough because the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere will continue to heat the planet and have to be removed.

This not carbon capture vs net zero, the goal is net zero AND carbon capture.

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I don't disagree with you, but I don't think carbon capture will provide the gains needed in a realistic timeframe. I don't think its development should be abandoned, but we all have a tendency to go to sleep thinking "cool, tech will solve this for me" when in reality only public policy will.

All of our governments are owned by these corporations that are trying to either continue making money via the status quo or make money with these fly-by-night tech-will-save-us-all get rich quick schemes. Nobody is bribing the politicians to enact policy that cuts global manufacturing output.

Agreed, we have to find a way to do both. It's unlikely we will prevail. As is, the path we're on is about 4 million tons per year of removals by 2030. A new model from Rocky Mountain Institute suggests we need to be at more like 285 million tons annually of removals by 2030 to be on track. It's time to invest in scaling carbon removal.

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