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[–] ignirtoq@fedia.io 38 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

“Generally, what happens to these wastes today is they go to a landfill, get dumped in a waterway, or they’re just spread on land,” said Vaulted Deep CEO Julia Reichelstein. “In all of those cases, they’re decomposing into CO2 and methane. That’s contributing to climate change.”

Waste decomposition is part of the natural carbon cycle. Burning fossil fuels isn't. We should not be suppressing part of the natural cycle so we can supplant it with our own processes. This is Hollywood accounting applied to carbon emissions, and it's not going to solve anything.

[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 minutes ago

Waste decomposition is part of the natural carbon cycle

Partially true. Factory farm animals are not natural.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 hours ago

Coming soon to Office 365

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago

Vaulted mixes the waste, including everything from biosolids and manure to food scraps, into a sludgy cocktail, then injects it into deep geological formations sealed off from the surface.

we're literally turning our world into a shit sandwich.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 15 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Headline is lying. This does not do that. Carbon offsets don't work.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 16 points 11 hours ago

Yes, they did in fact buy shit

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 2 points 11 hours ago

Well, to be precise - if you say you do A to get B that only says something about your intention. So the headline isn't really lying, they're just saying what Microsoft is wants to achieve. I agree they will not achieve that goal because carbon offset doesn't work.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Can I donate a turd to their door?

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 hours ago

As long as it's delivered by hand from about 10 feet away.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Hell with donating, I wanna get paid!