Submitted by FreshT3ch t3_10n6wg5 in explainlikeimfive
Chromotron t1_j682dm1 wrote
Reply to comment by Intergalacticdespot in ELI5: why can't we use electricity to kill microorganisms in small amount of water ? by FreshT3ch
We could. It would be horribly inefficient, taking way more than other methods, and most importantly, the current methods of power generation would produce way more CO2 than this destroys. And to make it work at all you would need to remove the CO2 from air to get a tank full of it; at which point you could just sequester it, store it underground, or whatever else works and takes much less energy.
Both carbon and oxygen are way easier to get differently, even if energy were free it would not be worth it.
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