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by bryanlarsen 656 days ago
> Nobody is interested in storage that turns your carbon-free green energy back into greenhousing energy

If you make your hydro-carbons with captured carbon, the process is slightly carbon-negative. ~10% of hydrocarbons are not burned, they're turned into plastic or lubricants etc. So for every 10 carbons you take from the air, only 9 are released back.