Renewables vs. Carbon Capture ☀️💨 The argument is simple: if you have $100 million, should you spend it on renewables or carbon capture? A new Stanford study suggests every dollar invested in wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal energy does far more to reduce emissions than capture.
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🚀 But is it really this simple? This holds for a large share of emissions—likely 60-70%—but some emissions are much harder to eliminate:
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🔹 Agriculture produces methane and nitrous oxide emissions that can’t simply be "electrified." Agriculture, forestry, and land use changes account for up to 20% of global emissions.
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The focus should remain on rapid deployment of renewables, but we can’t ignore the long-term need for carbon removal. Whether we have the right techniques yet is questionable—costs remain extremely high.
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Article 👇🏼
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/15/new-study-carbon-capture-is-a-waste-of-money-counterproductive/
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