silence7M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.English · 11 months agoWhy sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere can’t undo all the effects of climate changewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkWhy sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere can’t undo all the effects of climate changewww.theverge.comsilence7M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.English · 11 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhaedas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoNo, because of entropy. We got the energy out by burning and letting carbon free, but to reverse that process takes a lot more energy than we got out. And the energy used would need to be zero carbon.
No, because of entropy. We got the energy out by burning and letting carbon free, but to reverse that process takes a lot more energy than we got out. And the energy used would need to be zero carbon.