Of course this isn't the whole story. - You need to subtract the cost of road maintenance that may have been saved with less cars driving. - You need to add g

Of course this isn't the whole story. - You need to subtract the cost of road maintenance that may have been saved with less cars driving. - You need to add gas tax that wasn't collected. - You need to add the sales tax for trips that people took that they may not have otherwise. - You need to subtract the healthcare costs of reduced pollution and accidents. - Capturing carbon is less efficient that preventing it begin produced in the first place because that ignores the carbon emitted in the production of fuels and materials. Basically the word is incredibly complicated. It is hard to equate this "nearly free" far with direct carbon capture.