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Entropy? Never heard of it. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[โ€“] cynar 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It would, but it takes more energy that gets produced total. You're spending 300wKh to make 220kWh of electricity.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Is that using numbers for carbon capture from the atmosphere? Carbon capture directly on the exhaust of a fossil fuel power plant would probably be an order of magnitude more efficient. Obviously you can't sustain everything by only using fuel combustion, but you could probably reduce to total emissions per kWh quite a bit without even looking at renewables.