Carbon recapture is essential for humanitarian purposes. Countries like China, India, and Bangladesh, won’t forgo industrialization to go to net zero CO2 emissions. I’m from Bangladesh and there’s just zero political will to do that. Maintaining the 6-7% annual GDP growth is literally what the legitimacy of the government is built upon. So it’s imperative for the developed world to build the technology to recapture that carbon.
Which is why it’s in their interest to develop economically as fast as possible so they can be best prepared for the future. The Netherlands handled a similar degree of their land being underwater using 19th century technology.
But there is zero appetite for curbing growth. Bangladesh is a miracle of capitalism. When my dad was a kid 1 out of 3 children died by age 5. Now it’s 1 out of 40 and the life expectancy is 72 years. (Closing in on white Americans.) Nobody wants to change course on that.
Oh I certainly did not mean Bangladesh should not develop. Even outside of the things like child mortality, transitioning to less carbon-intensive economy will require certain level of economic development. In the longer term, ignoring climate change in politics will not work though, because (a) rising seas do not care (b) even if developed world introduces enough innovation to fight climate change, they will find a way for everyone else either to adopt it or pay for it.
