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		AnimalMuppet on April 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Atmospheric CO2 levels accelerate upwards The best incentive is to come up with something of value that can be done with that carbon. Then it becomes "money I could grab" instead of "pollution I should not be releasing".

Eridrus on April 14, 2017 [–]

I mean, the main thing we've figured out to do with carbon is set it on fire to create electricity, which is sort of what got us into this mess ;)

But even if there was a better use for carbon, it would still have to be cost competitive with digging it out of the ground, which it's not.

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