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ceejayozyesterday at 11:45 AM1 replyview on HN

A more apt comparison than you realize.

Most of the carbon we spew into the atmosphere came from the air. Ancient plants took it in via respiration.


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FartyMcFarteryesterday at 12:14 PM

That still doesn't make it a good comparison. The salt emitted by desalination plants is already in the sea now, it's not salt that went somewhere else.

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