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On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 22:42:46 +0000, Scott Dorsey wrote:

> The problem is that if you want to turn CO2 into solid carbon that can
> be readily stored, it takes as much energy as you got from burning the
> carbon into CO2 in the first place.  Assuming 100% efficiency, which you
> don't even come close to.

That's true. But cars burn gasoline because it's a very efficient
portable
source of energy. Carbon capture plants don't have to be portable. So
they can use nuclear power from the grid. Only if the carbon capture
plants had to run on fossil fuels would this make things worse
instead of better.

John Savard