> only argument for investing in carbon capture today seems to be to allow the technology to mature
> CDR currently removes about 3bn tonnes of CO2 from the air every year, of which almost 100% comes from land-based methods, *such as afforestation and reforestation*, the study says.
Trees have pretty well matured. They will not get the same improvements through material science that solar got. "Letting carbon capture tech mature" is hoping for a moonshot to bear fruit.
> CDR currently removes about 3bn tonnes of CO2 from the air every year, of which almost 100% comes from land-based methods, *such as afforestation and reforestation*, the study says.
Trees have pretty well matured. They will not get the same improvements through material science that solar got. "Letting carbon capture tech mature" is hoping for a moonshot to bear fruit.