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Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide (news.mit.edu)
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[โ€“] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't see how using the carbon again as fuel solves anything.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

If you recycle existing carbon from the atmosphere then you're not adding more carbon. So, in that sense it's better.