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Re:The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in... by pdpi on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:33AM (#27432233)
> Producing synthetic fuels would remove carbon from the environment before releasing it on use again, leading to a net-zero effect.

Unfortunately, that assumes producing those synthetic fuels has no carbon output other than the fuel itself.

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Re:The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in... by _Microft on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:49AM (#27432333)
The process may have as much carbon emissions as it needs and even more as long as none of them can eventually be traced back to fossil sources.

„Fossil“ is the actually bad property of these fuels.

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Re:The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in... by Forbo on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @08:39AM (#27434335)
Methane and carbon being released from permafrost soil is an example of non-fossil sources, but yeah, the general sentiment of not releasing any more GHG into the environment is the objective for now. The more we can leave "captured" the better.
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Re:The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in... by Tagbert on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:24PM (#27438128)
If you could use wind/solar for the energy source that would be a net improvement and not just net-zero.
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