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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Response rates from 14.9k America voters.
67% Yes |
33% No |
63% Yes |
28% No |
4% Yes, and also increase spending for renewable energy and reforestation |
2% No, provide subsidies to renewable energy companies instead |
1% No, tax carbon emissions instead |
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1% No, the government should invest in planting more trees to capture carbon instead |
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Unique answers from America voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9NF9B4M8mos8MO
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 9mos9MO
Yes, but only in tandem with supporting renewable energy production.
@GavinKuebler9mos9MO
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.
@B2M99341wk1W
Subsidies disrupt the free market and prop up bad technology. We are too far in debt to continue spending money we don’t have.
@B2KW47V 2wks2W
No. The government should not provide direct subsidies, but should instead use market-based policies like the creation and imposition of carbon markets to allow firms to do what they do best: constrained optimization.
@B2D3B6X3wks3W
No, instead we should nationalize and fund renewable energy companies whilst promoting rewilding efforts in forestry.
@B28SZ6K1mo1MO
Yes, but the government giving tax credits and subsidies to any industry should be on a short-term basis, with continued renewal of funding being contingent on independent evaluations showing the effectiveness of the technology.
@9CNWMJT 2mos2MO
No, but provide subsidies and incentives to renewable energy companies while investing in reforestation.
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