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silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 years ago

The world’s biggest carbon capture facility is being built in Texas. Will it work?

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The world’s biggest carbon capture facility is being built in Texas. Will it work?

www.theguardian.com

silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 years ago
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The plant will inject 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the ground each year – but is it just greenwashing from big oil?
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    don’t even need to read the article – carbon capture is such a colossal boondoggle (Piped) it’s no wonder Texas’ Grifters Republicans are falling over themselves to get their hands on that cash cow

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    Carbon capture will surely be an interesting technology once it matures in 50-100 years. Then we want to get the junk out of the air. Not now, zero emmisions comes first.

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