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[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

If you come at it from the angle of the equipment used to capture it having a carbon footprint, then that should also apply to equipment doing electrolysis.

That said, what is the level of environmental footprint we're talking about in comparison to electrolysis? We don't know yet, because it's not clear this new source can be economically tapped, but we'll see.