Not exact matches
At present, these methods output CO2 which must then be stored, but there is obviously reason to expect that the
eventual outputs can be
used again
as fuels, for example, or perhaps turned into materials which will be easier to store.
[ANDY REVKIN says:
As I said in my talk, the main benefits of local actions on energy and related issues (transportation, sprawl) would be economic or social, with the grand challenge of climate stability requiring generations of sustained effort to accelerate the inevitable
eventual shift away from traditional
uses of finite fossil
fuels.
In their paper, the researchers note that
use of lignocellulosic biomass
as a feedsstock could enable large - scale production of these
fuels with concomitant significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and the potential for
eventual cost parity with petroleum - derived
fuels.