David HoSo…I wrote a thing. Now there’s a citation for the “CDR as Time Machine” analogy.
Carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) is not a current climate solution — we need to change the narrative
Torbjörn Björkman@davidho Thank you for this great citation to the mismatch-of-scales problem we're having here.
Just knowing physics, my only argument against CDR has been that very basic thermodynamics (the 2nd law to be precise) tells us that it's foolish in the extreme to invest a lot of work into gathering CO2 from the atmosphere before we've figured out how to stop *producing* work by *dispersing* CO2 into the atmosphere elsewhere in the system.
@greenolivine Pol KnopsActually most of the carbon is thermodynamically safely stored. In the form of carbonates (lime, dolomite). About 80% of all carbon.
Secondly as long as the CO2 in the atmosphere increases, the effects will be increasing. One way or another in due time we need to teach nett zero.
Thirdly I sea a resemblance in the old discussion of climate adaptation would draw away attention from climate mitigation.
And no, CDR is not a time machine, nor "get out of jail for free