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travisporter ◴[] No.42127648[source]
But isn't copper quite expensive? I didn't see them address this
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1. jandrese ◴[] No.42127921[source]
Depending on how long the electrodes last the cost of the system will probably be dominated by the electricity, not the raw materials used in the construction. I have not done the chemistry, but my gut feeling is that breaking all of those O2s off of the CO2 and all of the O2s off of the H2Os is going to be the expensive part of this process.