Report Targets CO2 as a Resource Several hurdles still exist to developing a carbon reuse economy

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VTT,FINLAND'S Espoo-based technical research center,has published a paper on how carbon dioxide can be turned into a resource with a favorable impact on climate.The report,”The carbon reuse economy-Transforming CO2 from a pollutant into a resource”covers topics such as drivers of change,product options in the carbon reuse economy,pathways to a carbon reuse economy,and how to overcome barriers to change.”It can be envisioned that,in the future,there will be more low-carbon electricity and almost unlimited amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide available.The biggest barrier to using carbon dioxide is mainly the high production costs related to the supply of low-carbon energy in a world used to low-cost oil.Political decisionmakers would now need to make bold decisions relating to low-carbon energy in any case,”says Antii Arasto,VTT technology manager and one of the report's authors.