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Plasma and electricity convert CO₂ into methanol, butane and other useful chemicals (phys.org)
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[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

This means if we get fusion working, we could have enough energy to scrub the atmosphere of carbon and turn it back into gasoline.

Could literally have our cake and eat it too but that would mean that oil execs would be too poor to molest kids without repercussions

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 1 points 3 minutes ago

Hopium.

[–] glasratz@feddit.org 5 points 3 hours ago

In theory, but I think gasoline is probably the least useful product you could make with it. It would just be a wasteful process to keep outdated engines alive.