Not emitting more carbon vs carbon capture

Original video title: “My Favorite Climate Graph”

At the moment, removing a pound of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is way more expensive than just figuring out how to not emit another pound of carbon dioxide. It’s much easier to not emit it than it is to capture it.

From video transcript

Read more (wikipedia): marginal abatement cost (MAC) curve

Links mentioned in this video:

Home – Center for Negative Carbon Emissions

Just another Global Futures Laboratory Network site

A revamped cost curve for reaching net-zero emissions

EDF teamed up with Evolved Research to create a new and improved cost curve that provides a roadmap for policymakers exploring ways to get to net zero carbon emissions.