Eli5 Renewable energy, becoming a net 0 world?

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I’m listening to a podcast and the lady says we eventually will need to become a net 0 society and then go negative to reverse the effects of climate change.

This entails sucking carbon from the atmosphere. Why can’t we just invest in this now and keep our oil and coal energy? What can this carbon be used for once we have taken it from the atmosphere? She says we just pump it into the ground?

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Because it requires a lot of energy to do, and it doesn’t make enough money. Money is more important than the future most of the investors won’t be a part of. On that note, convenience is more important than the future, as well.

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