[sojuz151]

Also, with renewable energy sources, the problem is not manufacturing energy per se but getting the energy where and when you want.

For example, you could run a gas turbine in Germany in winter at night during a spike of the consumption and run carbon capture on a desert during the day

In a sense you use atmosphere as battery/transportation system.

I am not saying that this must make sense but this is far more complex than napkin math.