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minus-squarezout@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前And how greenhouse gas intensive is carbon black production?
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 年前If you’re releasing CO2 you’re losing carbon. If you make it with electricity it’s effectively a carbon sink.
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 年前If it’s just a byproduct of other industries, like existing coal power plants, it might be seen as carbon neutral. And lithium batteries also use it.
minus-squarezout@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 年前Carbon black is produced bij burning a hydrocarbon with a limited amount of air. It’s not a byproduct, but uses organic materials. This can be of renewable sources like vegetable oil, but it is made a lot from the heavy fractions in fossil oil.
And how greenhouse gas intensive is carbon black production?
If you’re releasing CO2 you’re losing carbon.
If you make it with electricity it’s effectively a carbon sink.
If it’s just a byproduct of other industries, like existing coal power plants, it might be seen as carbon neutral. And lithium batteries also use it.
Carbon black is produced bij burning a hydrocarbon with a limited amount of air. It’s not a byproduct, but uses organic materials. This can be of renewable sources like vegetable oil, but it is made a lot from the heavy fractions in fossil oil.