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As you reduce the amount of carbon emissions (the y axis) the methods to keep reducing carbon cost more (the x axis.)

This great graph came to my attention from this video from vlogbrothers. It also has some good explanations of what it means.

Note that carbon capture doesn't really make sense till you've exhausted all the other emission minimizing methods.

Source: https://www.edf.org/revamped-cost-curve-reaching-net-zero-emissions

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[–] JohnDClay 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hmm actually looks like this is only the US. The 5gt is from 2021 when it was published. Yeah that should have been more clear.