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The U.S. highlights its push to mitigate the effects of climate change by endorsing carbon capturing by allocating $890 million dollars to carbon capturing. Carbon Capturing machines, also known as CCS are able to withdraw close to 1% of the U.S. carbon emissions annually, however, the U.S. allocating more money towards carbon capturing technology gives hope that it may have a big impact on mitigating the effects of climate change. Although the carbon is being extracted from the atmosphere, however, it is being pushed back into the ground and into oil which allows for more extraction of crude oil.

More funding towards Carbon Capturing technology seems great, but I don’t think it will have as great an impact in mitigating climate change as do other technology. Just under 1% is being captured at the moment, which although is some, is not near enough to make a change. On top of this, pushing the carbon back into the ground and into oil to allow for the United States to harvest crude oil seems like a positive feedback loop of carbon being released into the atmosphere. I think carbon capturing is great when it’s a negative feedback loop, but until then I think there are other viable strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change.