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Should the government provide subsidies for companies developing carbon capture technologies?

Carbon capture technologies are methods designed to capture and store carbon dioxide emissions from sources like power plants to prevent them from entering the atmosphere. Proponents argue that subsidies would accelerate the development of essential technologies to combat climate change. Opponents argue that it is too costly and that the market should drive innovation without government intervention.

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67%
Yes
33%
No
60%
Yes
27%
No
7%
Yes, and also increase spending for renewable energy and reforestation
2%
No, provide subsidies to renewable energy companies instead
2%
No, the government should invest in planting more trees to capture carbon instead
2%
No, tax carbon emissions instead

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 @9NF9B4M from Iowa  answered…2yrs2Y

No, but companies should be taxed for their carbon emissions and this will incentivize them to invest in carbon capture technologies and other ways of reducing pollution

 @SenBR2003 from New York  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but only in tandem with supporting renewable energy production.

 @GavinKuebler from Pennsylvania  answered…2yrs2Y

No, they are a largely inefficient means of reducing carbon since they focus only on reversing environmental harm rather than reducing it and can be used to justify further carbon emissions.

 @7PTCG38  from Wisconsin  answered…2yrs2Y

No, tax carbon emissions instead and the government should invest in planting more trees to capture carbon

 @BF3CWY9 from Mississippi  answered…1wk1W

No, but help with Methane/CH4,Other Gases, Halogenated Gases & tie with Nitrous Oxide and Black Carbon tell me when you start doing this machine as well.

 @BDZTDDD from Missouri  answered…2wks2W

No, carbon capture involves capturing CO2 and putting into "reservoir" storage (often mines) or into deep sea "sequestration" sites. The environmental effects are unknown. Until research is done on what happens to the sequestered CO2 over time is completed -- including worst-case scenarios -- then ANY attempt at sequestration must be halted.

 @BDXKLQ4 from Washington D.C.  answered…3wks3W

We should be capturing carbon emissions however fossil fuel usage should decline

 @BDW6QK2 from California  answered…3wks3W

A mix of these things

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