Things I Learned from Five Years in Climate Tech
Three most important things for 1.5C are:<p>1. Stop burning coal
2. Get shipping off oil and onto renewables
3. DAC efforts need to be stepped up, both biological and technological<p>All of those are achieved by turning to Gen 4 nuclear reactors. MSRs are now entering trial phases [1] where nuclear energy generation is not as strictly regulated as in the States. Miniaturization efforts have found solutions where such a power plant [2] could be cost effective for shipping.<p>DAC efforts are a bit strange. I've looked a bit into tree planting and haven't found anything that looks like it scales with investment.  I can't purchase a product knowing it will result in <i>extra</i> efforts, or put another way, if a billionaire would pour in a billion dollars, it wouldn't scale up the operation proportionately to the increased funds.  Technological DAC is a solved problem that would scale but needs a power source.<p>4th gen reactors are the only thing that tackles these points on all fronts.<p>[1] <a href="http://thorconpower.com/project/" rel="nofollow">http://thorconpower.com/project/</a>
[2] <a href="https://www.seaborg.co/" rel="nofollow">https://www.seaborg.co/</a>