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Re:Engineers develop a 96% efficient process to make formate... by elcritch on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @12:58AM (#38094733)
Ah my mistake. I misread and was thinking in regards to just doing the CO2 capture portion of generating fuel. Yes making new fuel from captured CO2 will take as much or more energy than released from burning it.
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Re:Engineers develop a 96% efficient process to make formate... by Tcepsa on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @10:13PM (#38108135)
Oh, yes that makes more sense (I don't know whether it's correct or not, but it is far more plausible!)
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