The New, Uncertain Climate Change Strategy: Direct Carbon Capture
he United States is spending more than $3 billion to fight against climate change. But the government isn’t going to use this money for reducing emissions, replacing aging power plants, embracing nuclear fuel, or requiring that more energy come from renewable sources.
Instead, this funding is going to a new strategy that has many scientists concerned — but fossil fuel companies love.
If you asked an eight-year-old how to solve the problem of too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, they might recommend sucking it up with a big vacuum. And that, essentially, is a large part of the new U.S. strategy. It’s called direct air capture.
It is a working strategy, but many experts argue that it’s not a good one. And it may quickly become an excuse for us to continue to indulge our worst climate-destroying choices.
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