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- CO2 isn't the only greenhouse gas. - This process produces hydrocarbon fuel. It will be burned and the carbon will return to the atmosphere. I suppose prop
by 01100011 3y ago
- CO2 isn't the only greenhouse gas.
- This process produces hydrocarbon fuel. It will be burned and the carbon will return to the atmosphere.
I suppose propane could become a chemical feedstock. Then the carbon could theoretically be tied up for a while.
- malfist 3y agoEven if it winds up back in the atmosphere, it's displaced an equivalent amount of new CO2 going into the atmosphere. Pulling enough CO2 to make a kilogram of propane and then burning that kilogram of propane for electricity is still better than burning a kilogram of freshly fracked propane. One offsets consumption. One just adds consumption.
- bluGill 3y agoOnly if your source of electric doesn't add CO2. If you burn coal to make propane you are worse off CO2 wise than using regular propane. We have a lot of wind and solar, but most places they are still a minor part of the electric mix (if this applies to you, it wouldn't be hard to get a lot more wind/solar in your grid).