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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

throws up hands Might as well do nothing!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Or hype tree planting less, and rely more on industrial solutions. Or use tree planting, but make sure the plant matter is stored underground frequently, so it cannot get back into the atmosphere. Or weigh in other arguments and realize this risk of unreliability is not that big and acceptable.

Or write a snarky comment and do nothing!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’ve been waiting 30 years for industrial solutions but it is obvious that marketing and advertising to maintain the status quo of legacy companies is still a better roi.

This is a regulatory issue not a market failure.

Also I’m sure plastic recycling on a large scale is just around the corner. The plastic packaging on my plastic products keeps saying so. (/s)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

it is obvious that marketing and advertising to maintain the status quo of legacy companies is still a better roi.

Yes, sadly.

This is a regulatory issue not a market failure.

I think it's both. Emitting is practically free, and removal means costs, not profit. The economic incentives are to emit, not to remove. The external costs of emissions are not covered. This is a distorted market and a market failure. And this market failure can be fixed by regulations, for example carbon pricing, or subsidizing effective carbon removal. Both are still under threat from marketing and advertising, or lobbying.