Danger! Carbon Sucking Technology Will be Required by the 2030s!

In an effort to bring awareness to a topic frequently discussed by scientists and environmentalists, this article is focused on exploring global warming and the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions.

Several interesting points were made in a recent article published by The Guardian entitled 'World will need 'carbon sucking' technology by 2030s, scientists warn,' points I will explore in depth in this article.

As efforts to cut planet-warming emissions fall short, large-scale projects to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere will be needed by the 2030s to hold the line against climate change, scientists have said.

Many new technologies that aim to capture and store carbon emissions, thereby delivering “negative emissions”, are costly, controversial and in the early phase of testing.

This is extremely worrying considering that preventative measures are much more likely to succeed compared to technologies that don't even exist yet that we will desperately need in the coming decades.

But “if you’re really concerned about coral reefs, biodiversity [and] food production in very poor regions, we’re going to have to deploy negative emission technology at scale,” said Bill Hare of Climate Analytics, a science and policy institute.

Before reading this article I was unaware of even the concept of 'negative emission technology' and I suppose we are talking about some sort of giant vacume cleaner attached to a filter that can magically clean air we were unable to prevent from being completly polluted by nasty carbon emissions.

World leaders agreed in 2015 an aim of holding global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial times. Scientists believe this is key to protecting small island nations from sea level rises, shoring up food production and preventing extreme weather.

Carbon-sucking technologies may even be needed to hold the planet to a less ambitious two degrees of warming, said scientists at Chatham House, a British thinktank.

Keep your eyes on the prize. The prize being prevention of a complete worldwide meltdown of climates and a winning battle against climate change. Carbon emissions lead to global warming and without fixing the problem of excess carbon in the atmosphere there will be no way we can prevent global warming from devastating our environments.

Similarly, planting more forests – a technology known as Beccs, or bioenergy with carbon capture and storage – raises questions about food security and land rights, scientists said.

Le Quéré said Beccs is “probably essential to take us to zero emissions” although “it’s really difficult to imagine we can use land at the levels required in the models”.

So, maybe we really need to get back to the underlying issue behind the need to plant more trees. Wouldn't it be wise to come together as a planet and intervene with businesses whose primary concern is mowing down what's left of our rainforests to produce timber and land for cattle?

Clearly 'Beccs' will be needed i.e. the replanting of trees in mass but whats the point in planting trees if we cant stop corporations from cutting down the few that we still have left?

Either way, we have entered a new stage in humanity where each generation to come will increasingly be affected by the way we have structured society in relation to natural environments.

What are your thoughts on this topic? Will we be able to invent some sort of giant carbon cleaning contraption or is our best hope simply outlawing and stopping corporations involved with the destruction of our worlds rainforests by force if necessary?

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Thanks for reading.

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World will need 'carbon sucking' technology by 2030s, scientists warn - The Guardian