So, while we are successfully removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, manufacturing, mining, refining and power generation, by splitting the carbon dioxide molecule into carbon and oxygen, we don’t need to store it as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) does, by instead converting the carbon into other worthwhile products. From a cost point of view this makes the task far more acceptable to carbon polluters. Perhaps to be called Carbon Capture and Conversion, (CCC) in the future?
Outside of the multitude of other uses, it will be a long time before the demand arising from cement, road sealing, tire (tyre) manufacturing and water purification options are exhausted as markets for our carbon-based products, while carbon dioxide will continue to be generated by industry and other sources, so there will be no lack of feedstock for our carbon technologies either.
