"The most efficient way to take carbon out of the air is not put it there in the first place." Is that even true? I mean, if I make million dollars from whate

"The most efficient way to take carbon out of the air is not put it there in the first place." Is that even true? I mean, if I make million dollars from whatever I'm doing that produces a ton of CO2 in the air and it costs 100,000 to sequester a ton of C02 then it's more efficient to put the CO2 in the air and then take it out right?