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Expensive or not, we're well past the point where it's optional. Even if 100% of new carbon emissions stopped today, let alone by 2050, we'd need to continue developing carbon capture technologies to take out what we've already put in the atmosphere. Not every part of the fixing process needs to be profitable.
Expensive or not, the cheapest option is renewables. Coal plants in Australia have closed down, unable to compete with solar and wind. We now export our coal to China