Agreed. Removal and reductions are not mutually exclusive.
One huge positive I see from the creation of this prize is the publicity and interest in carbon removal. From my experience more people are learning about the requirement for carbon removal and realizing how expensive it is.
For those of us who want to leave a minimal footprint, becoming aware of how expensive it is to undo our footprint incentivizes us to reduce too.
(Credit where credit is due, Stripe, Shopify and Microsoft are also really helping this area grow too. )
> Agreed. Removal and reductions are not mutually exclusive.
Making people believe that some magic techno fix will swoop in and somehow solve the climate change problem is undesirable. People need to accept that a large reduction in emissions is necessary and this will require many people to change at least some of their habits.
One huge positive I see from the creation of this prize is the publicity and interest in carbon removal. From my experience more people are learning about the requirement for carbon removal and realizing how expensive it is.
For those of us who want to leave a minimal footprint, becoming aware of how expensive it is to undo our footprint incentivizes us to reduce too.
(Credit where credit is due, Stripe, Shopify and Microsoft are also really helping this area grow too. )