[staunton]

Again, I agree with your claims about entropy. I also agree with the claim that replacing stoves is generally good.

One still does not imply the other. The question was about what makes sense. That's economically, socially, politically, regionally, etc. Amount of energy extracted via some processes is not the same as benefit. However, benefit is what matters. I guess this discussion isn't moving forward from here.

[rsaesha]

Yeah, the missing key is seeing power and energy as money, because that's essentially how our economy works.

We can convert one in the other, at different conversion rates granted, but still.

Energy input cost is a line in every company spreadsheet, it can block or allow companies to succeed. Today this line is kept artificially low because we base our economies on a very exothermic open loop CH to CO. Closing this loop is not an option because basic thermodynamics, which is the very logic behind carbon removal.

We have to stop entering this path as much as possible.