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I feel like the only way electric cars can be truly “environment friendly” is if the carbon produced is captured at the plants.
Not sure if it’s at all possible, though.
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A lot of the replies I see here which speak negatively about carbon capture/utilisation/storage (CCUS) are letting perfect be the enemy of good.
For power generation, yes, it’s better to use sources that don’t emit carbon dioxide. But while those that already exist are working out their lifespans, it’s good to mitigate their emissions in some way. There are also many other industries that emit carbon dioxide where we can’t yet switch to non-emitting sources, such as concrete.
CCUS will not be a magic bullet for climate change. But it’s something we can develop rapidly which will help mitigate things, and that’s still good. And because the emitters terms to be large, regulated facilities, we can introduce governmental policies to encourage change rather than relying purely on economic ones.
It’s not economically feasible to tear everything old down right away. So let’s make the polluting things better until we can change them.
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