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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jun 10

    The headline is way hyperbolic ("Climate Change Can Be Reversed by Turning Air Into Gasoline") but carbon capture (whether by trees or tech), as a complement to reducing CO2 emissions, is worth major research and investment.https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/06/its-possible-to-reverse-climate-change-suggests-major-new-study/562289/ …

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      2. David Keith‏ @DKeithClimate Jun 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        Saw this post as I was distracted from reading your book by need for cup of tea:pic.twitter.com/M2wl2haF9N

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      3. David Keith‏ @DKeithClimate Jun 10
        Replying to @DKeithClimate @sapinker

        And yes, the headline is hyperbolic, paper less so:https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(18)30225-3 …

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      1. Johnny Alive‏ @JohnnyIsSoAlive Jun 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        My worry is that this will be used as a pretext to justify inaction on reducing emissions. While this might be a way to offset emissions from things like rocketry and intercontinental air travel, for the majority of applications it will be more efficient to switch to clean energy

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      1. Austin Powers‏ @AustinP14535648 Jun 13
        Replying to @sapinker

        Some good discussion of this CO2 reduction theory here: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/magazine/dirt-save-earth-carbon-farming-climate-change.html … (“Can Dirt Save the Earth?”, New York Times)

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      1. Jay‏ @ITProfess_Actor Jun 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Good Morning Brother, Please convey my request to Bill & Melinda for producing a movie based on high moral values. With God's grace I can write, Act & direct that movie. Wish you & your family a great health and happiness. Please think about to change the World.

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      1. Pat Brown‏ @PatBrown4Prez Jun 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        Yes, I feel as though we should use both tech and trees.

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      1. Traolach O'Conaing‏ @traolach_o_c Jun 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        Even more, it's necessary from about 2040 onwards! (negative emissions required from about then to stay within Paris goal of 2° increase)

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      1. Martin Lavin‏ @Real_SF Jun 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        If we could only turn clickbait into gasoline we would really have something.

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      2. Filander Buksebrann‏ @tjaulow Jun 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        NETs are not only worth it, it's a necessity. Even the more pessimistic scenarios of the IPCC presuppose not only substantial reductions in emissions, but implementation of NETS on a scale that don't seem economically, politically or technologically viable atm.

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      3. Filander Buksebrann‏ @tjaulow Jun 10
        Replying to @tjaulow @sapinker

        ...so they are not really pessimistic scenarios after all, they are quite optimistic.

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      1. Mike Pem-oooOOOOooo-lis‏ @Alt_Trotskyist Jun 10
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        Won't this cost trillions of dollars?

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      1. Nicholas Kadar‏ @N_kadar Jun 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        Endorsement a little overdue wouldn't you say? How much discussion have you heard about photosynthesis in the public discourse over "climate change". You should also think about reducing methane emission by cows through feed supplements.

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      1. John Lobell‏ @JohnLobell Jun 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        Pardon my chemistry, but the article does not explain how the CO2 is split into carbon and oxygen and where the energy comes from to do it - you cannot burn CO2.

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      1. Harald‏ @equalitus Jun 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        I think carbon capture and absorption by trees are worth spending expenditure of large scale. Easy cheap decarbonizing green machine. On large swaths of land in America and elsewhere. Especially in deserts and arid places.

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      1. Colin Forster‏ @colinwforster Jun 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        Why hyperbolic? If it is truly scalable at reasonable cost why can't it capture all the CO2 emitted, and more?

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      2. steven isle‏ @damnthatcursor Jun 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        Trees certainly, as measures to capture carbon/ prevent desertification. But first we have to stop the destruction of natural habitats!

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      3. Not complaining  🚫‏ @mhendr61 Jun 11
        Replying to @damnthatcursor @sapinker

        As a person who works in the tree business, I'm not so sure that they're a reliable long term carbon sink. Growth, death, decay. That's the carbon cycle.

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      1. BehavioralTerrain‏ @JohnKirbow Jun 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        Couldn't agree more

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      1. radjock‏ @raDJockRahul Jun 10
        Replying to @sapinker @kushal_mehra

        If it works. Just put it up cars' ass.

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