The Oxymoron of Carbon Dioxide Removal: Escaping Carbon Lock-In and yet Perpetuating the Fossil Status Quo?

2️⃣ The Oxymoron of Carbon Dioxide Removal: Escaping Carbon Lock-In and yet Perpetuating the Fossil Status Quo? (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏) 🧵5/6 https://t.co/SJmeyQWnFl

"To rightly place CDR in the challenge of rapid decarbonisation, we should ask more how CDR technologies can be used in alignment with a managed decline to fossil fuel production"

Carbon removal is an "orphan technology" — the technology that does not have the private sector (the parent), who is willing to bear the costs of its development despite its apparent public benefit. This is why someone has to bear upfront cost for R&D

RT @CDR_Swiss: "To rightly place CDR in the challenge of rapid decarbonisation, we should ask more how CDR technologies can be used in alig…