Sadly I am a bit hopeless about climate change. Even if every person on earth dropped everything and started making biochar to be buried it would not sequester enough carbon to make a difference.

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tito 18 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Hi! I work a lot with carbon dioxide removal systems. If every person on Earth dropped everything and started making biochar, it would definitely make a huge difference. Yes, we add a lot of carbon dioxide to the air of a year, but it’s doable to remove it. Humanity has taken on much bigger challenges before and succeeded. Now that’s not to say that it’s likely. I think it’s entirely unlikely that we avert the worst impacts of climate change unless something big changes. Thankfully, we get to choose what to work on every day, and I get to choose to work on that alongside inspiring people. (and yes, this isn’t what the article is about, but it seems like it’s what everyone is responding to)

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toasty228 7 minutes ago | parent [-]

> Humanity has taken on much bigger challenges before and succeeded.

Feel free to list them, we're basically reverse terra forming ourselves out of existence at that point, I don't think we've done anything even remotely close to that scale in such time frame

	▲	tito 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		During World War II, the United States spent 40% of its GDP on the war. So we can spend big on things when we decide to. That would be the equivalent of $12 trillion per year today, and we would clean up the climate in a jiffy with that. It would be a huge opportunity for job creation, manufacturing, innovation. It’s wild as a society we’ve convinced ourselves that stabilizing the climate is a cost instead of a massive opportunity.

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SoftTalker an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This article isn't about climate change. It's about using houseplants to absorb the CO2 you exhale in your house.

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andreaja 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's going to be ok.

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JungleGymSam an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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