We deploy high-tech carbon removal technologies (literally giant machines that clear the air and ocean of global warming pollutants), and they’re a real help in stabilizing the climate.

These machines are expensive, though. Activists point out that one way we could fund them would be to disband our militaries. The world has been a very peaceful place for decades, after all!

Should we disband our militaries?

• Yes! Let’s get rid of all the militaries.
• Hmm… maybe let’s keep some kind of planetary defence system in place, just in case.

Carbon capture and storage technologies aim to remove carbon dioxide pollution from the air and store it where it can’t re-enter the atmosphere, usually underground. Many of these technologies are still energy-intensive and expensive, and none are yet able to work at the large scales that would be needed to stabilize the climate.