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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2024-10-04 12:00 pm
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[personal profile] rhythmaning 2024-10-04 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
On CCS, I have been told in the past by environmentalists that CCS was one of those "always in 5 years" goals - but it never got closer. It also costs a lot (£22bn, apparently!).

[Edit: I've just seen your sixth link. So yeah, OFFS is about right. Frankly, I reckon this will be £22bn wasted. Given that this is the same as the "black hole" left by the Tories, this feels like an own goal!]

The wiki page is interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage#Role_in_climate_change_mitigation
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2024-10-04 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh, good find.

And yeah, put that £22Bn into public transport and you'd be in a much better state!
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[personal profile] fub 2024-10-09 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, that Omelas story really packs a punch. It's easy to think of the original Omelas story as commentary to a situation that doesn't exist anymore, as something that does not concern us, personally. We're getting dragged back to it by this story.
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2024-10-09 11:01 am (UTC)(link)
I think there are a fair few Omelas-like things out there. Ranging from obvious places like Dubai (supported by slave labour) to the way we export our "recycling" to massive rubbish dumps in other countries. We've built a huge pyramid of our happiness on top of other people's suffering.

Oh, and on a fictional note I realised the other day that Cabin in The Woods is an Omelas story in part.
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