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I’m confused. This sounds like a good thing if the problem was an oil shortage, not CO2 pollution.

Explain why they aren’t solving the wrong problem?



The synthetic fuels are made from sources such as hay, which, theoretically is a net neutral to the carbon cycle since the hay's carbon came from the atmosphere already. This approach doesn't contribute additional CO2 to the atmosphere like traditional fuels do. However, not sure what the carbon costs are to create this synthetic fuel so that is a variable in the total carbon gain to the system.


Maybe we have more than one problem that needs solving?




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