> As for more promising projects, we'd be better off doing research to find those projects than throwing away people's money on a pipe dream.
What "pipe dream" are we talking about here? Preventing this planet from becoming a complete toxic dump?
Solving our pollution problem doesn't just stop at reducing new pollution, it should also involve cleaning up what's already there, that's the only sustainable approach.
Trying any solution at all, even when it is very likely it will not work, may not be a sustainable approach at all. I agree something should be done to clean up, but that does not mean we should try any crazy idea (I do not have the expertise to say how crazy this idea is, but from the little I know, it seems like it is reasonable to have serious doubts).
Some users have commented that 20m is not so much money, and it is true, but we should also consider that, if this project fails, it will be infinitely more difficult to fund the working project that is still to come.
What "pipe dream" are we talking about here? Preventing this planet from becoming a complete toxic dump?
Solving our pollution problem doesn't just stop at reducing new pollution, it should also involve cleaning up what's already there, that's the only sustainable approach.