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For the first time, a study maps safe areas that can practically be used for underground carbon storage, and estimates that using them all would only cut warming by 0.7°C. The result is almost ten times lower than previous estimates of around 6°C,

So much for CCS.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Wouldn't 6°C be a massive overcorrection?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

That would give the oil companies decades more of enormous profits 💸

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Isn't that about ⅓ pr ¼ of the problem solved then

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yes but the effort to do it isn't practical because profit margins...

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