• Puffin [any, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      2 years ago

      The laws of thermodynamics would only be an issue if we were trying to convert CO2 back into oxygen and carbon. Even if you were using fossil fuel power, there’s no (thermodynamics issue) with the idea that it would take less energy to capture CO2 and store it somewhere than the CO2 released in that energy’s production.

      • CyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        2 years ago

        there’s no (thermodynamics issue) with the idea that it would take less energy to capture CO2 and store it somewhere than the CO2 released in that energy’s production.

        That’s the issue, we don’t have the technology to do that at scale, the law of thermodynamics looks far away at a micro level, but at the macro it teleports behind you and sucker punches you

        It’s all about scalability and its relationship to the law