Posted on 04/10/2014 4:37:33 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
“The idea is to grow crops that absorb CO2 from the atmosphere then burn them in a power station to generate energy. The resulting CO2 emissions are captured at the plant and then stored deep underground”
Would it take more energy to do this than was generated by burning the “crops” to start with? Oh, and what would we eat if much of our arable land was devoted to burning “crops”: Soylent Green perhaps?
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