From: Lawrence de Bivort > Hi, Robin, > > Agreed that carbons can be used to make carbon compounds. But, as > you point out, there is non-trivial the matter of energy consumed > in the process and, I would add, the non-trivial matter of > economics. > > There is a reason we aren't making carbon-based materials out of CO2. And > this same reason is the reason why we should be conserving oil > for feedstock purposes, rather than fuel.
Speaking of "feedstock", A. C. Clarke made another interesting suggestion in a forward for a book titled, "A Century of Innovation": See Clarke's comments: http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=4796 For more details see Amazon books - "A Century of Innovation": http://www.amazon.com/Century-Innovation-Engineering-Achievements-Transformed/dp/0309089085/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245016216&sr=1-1 http://tinyurl.com/kvpujl Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
