Oil and gas companies want the sky to be vacuumed. (i.imgur.com)

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archive.today • U.S. to Fund a $1.2 Billion Effort to Vacuum Greenhouse Gases From the Sky - The New York Times

I didn't read the article but I did scan it and I saw this...

Oil and gas companies lobbied for the direct air capture money to be included in the law, arguing that the world could continue to burn fossil fuels if it had a way to clean up their planet-warming pollution.

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I propose we spend $1.2billion on technology to vacuum the heads off their bodies.

[-] circuitfarmer 1 points 1 year ago

$1.2 billion so Big Oil can keep claiming it's doing its best. What a fucking joke.

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