Humanity is so stupid I swear. We just bury and toss shit away to somewhere we're not, and expect it not to be a problem later.
Trash? Bury it. Nuclear waste? Bury it. Human waste? Believe it or not, bury it.
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..........I don't even get the logic. How does burrying poop make energy more efficient???
Offset, not solve.
They pollute, but don't want to have to deal with fixing it.
So they buy other pollution (easier & cheaper to deal with than their own pollution) and "dispose" of it.
Like carbon offsets. Planting trees offsets co2 pollution. So polluters can keep on pumping out co2 as long as they plant enough trees.
I feel like it's important to mention two things. One, processing this waste has more benefits than burying it.
Two, the planting trees thing or even the protecting already growing trees thing sounds nice. But what's happening in actuality is they are clearing areas that are mostly swamp land and arguably more efficient and better for the environment due to having better ability to process greenhouse gasses, and planting trees there. The tree protection racket literally involves buying land that already has trees on it and saying they're protecting those trees from being cut down when in actuality those trees were never under threat of being cut down at all.
This context is an important part of this conversation.
They're literally trying to trick the laws of physics with fantastical imaginations.
Pumping literal waste underground to sequester its carbon. What's the worst that could happen to nearby aquifers?
So, thoughts on invasive seeds surviving in the waste and Microsoft adding creating a invasive nightmare put on top of their climate change emissions?
I'll be impressed if the seeds can germinate and grow 5000 feet back to the surface.
I mean it's a really weird way to handle this and this wet slurry they are making isn't probably gonna fit neatly into this hole.
I will be honest I didn't really look at how deep but I still feel this is a weird and probably not super helpful carbon capture.
A billion dollars? Heck, I would have sent some for free.
With the amount of bullshit they spew they should never have to buy it.