After reading this article about the mind-blowing project that enabled scientists around the world to collectively capture an image of a black hole, my first thought was: If humanity can do this, why can't we solve the #climate crisis?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/04/10/see-black-hole-first-time-images-event-horizon-telescope/ … #science
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No. Developing an effective method for extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere on a gargantuan scale and storing it safely forever does not involve "the entire human race."
This report from the NAS on carbon capture is surprisingly promising: https://nas-sites.org/dels/studies/cdr/ …. Scalable at $100 / tonne for CO2 right now, with a lot of prospects for improvement. At $10 / tonne negative emissions would cost less than the Clean Air Act as a % of GDP.
