Thanks for this reply! I never thought of it this way before.
I guess I had imagined the captured carbon would be used to make something else, like fuel, and remove the need for extracting more oil.
I guess I had imagined the captured carbon would be used to make something else, like fuel, and remove the need for extracting more oil.
Maybe a polymer of some sort.
Oh wait that’s just “never burnt plastic”.
Sorry for the snark. I just am always amazed at how badly otherwise smart people want to burn trash when we have the space to just bury it. Like the phrase “garbage in garbage out” applies to fire too…