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Obviously, this will probably never happen. In the best future for humanity, maybe we can drop our emissions enough to allow for such a thing. But more likely societal collapse

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The bigger question is this: How much energy would be required to collect and sequester 101% of daily carbon emissions?

I think it absolutely should be done, but getting there will be a huge undertaking and we will need creative solutions to get there without contributing to the problem.