Well, the coal’s CO2 is eventually released into the atmosphere, so how can WindFuels have a climate benefit?
That CO2 is being created and exhausted anyway. There are no fossil power plants that have CO2 sequestration, so that CO2 emissions is a reality. Using that CO2 to create fuels means the CO2 eventually gets exhausted, but those fuels would offset the production of deep-water drilling, tar sands, oil shale, and coal-to-liquids fuels; all of which are far more carbon intensive and environmentally destructive than “conventional” oil fuels.
That CO2 is being created and exhausted anyway. Almost no fossil power plants have CO2 sequestration, so their CO2 emissions are a reality. Using that CO2 to create fuels means the CO2 eventually gets exhausted, but those fuels would offset the production of deep-water drilling, tar sands, oil shale, and coal-to-liquids fuels; all of which are far more carbon intensive and environmentally destructive than “conventional” oil fuels.
