The US just invested more than $1 billion into carbon removal / The move represents a big step in the effort to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere—and slow down climate change.::undefined

  • @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    Wow, more than a billion! Remind me again, how much does one single Lockheed Martin F-35 cost? How much money did the NYPD cost in police misconduct settlements last year? And how much did the pentagon just lose last time it was audited?

    • MushuChupacabra
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      281 year ago

      If I’m doing my math correctly, one billion dollars spent on carbon capture, is more than zero dollars spent on carbon capture.

      One billion dollars isn’t enough obviously, but I think that getting the ball rolling is important. I’d applaud it, and signal that I’m in favor of more spending on it.

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      181 year ago

      Here you go: F-35 costs $80m. NYPD 2022 payouts $121m. Pentagon failed its audit by at least a couple hundred billion out of 3 trillion budget, though technically that isn’t money lost, that is the total records that auditors weren’t able to access during the audit.