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Originally Posted by RB
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CO2 is a pretty low-energy molecule (at least in the conditions of the Earth's lower atmosphere, which I guess is why it hangs about in the atmosphere for so long, being so unreactive). So if you wanted to generate electricity from CO2, you would have to react it with another chemical that has an even lower latent energy (or else pump additional energy into the process, which, of course, makes the whole process a waste of time from an energy-production point of view). Better to just stop using fossil fuels altogether.
It has always bothered me why so many people have trouble understanding chemistry, when it is really simple.
Regards
Tim