Year 2044: Yellow powder that was used to combat carbon emission has given the entire Earth cancer. People are encouraged to wear masks and goggles until a cure is discovered.
2112 anti yellow powder powder is collecting in the food chain and causing massive ecological destruction. People are adviced against eating until a cure is discovered.
I think exploring carbon capture, and funding smaller projects is fine but I don't accept the oil industry using it as an excuse to keep doing what they're doing and hamper transitions to renewables.
We will still need oil/fossil fuel for some fuel applications, lubricants and some plastics. But it can be far, far less than what we use today, and like smoking, it's being propped up by these companies and some international governments.
If i took a small step for every world changing quantum leap that gets reported in the media id have circled the earth by now to witness how it barely made a difference.