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We've been synthesizing one liquid hydrocarbon fuel for thousands of years; ethanol is pretty similar to jet fuel in energy density and combustion. I think the
by cmsmith 10y ago
We've been synthesizing one liquid hydrocarbon fuel for thousands of years; ethanol is pretty similar to jet fuel in energy density and combustion. I think the possibility that in the future we'll have cheap solar/wind grid power and use that to produce ethanol, rather than charge batteries, is more likely than people think. Ethanol production isn't terribly efficient, but if your input power is sustainable it doesn't really matter.
- elithrar 10y agoEthanol is about 70% of the energy density of Jet A-1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
- toomuchtodo 10y agoYou'd want to produce methanol. Ethanol does not have sufficient energy density. http://phys.org/news/2014-11-artificial-photosynthesis-fuel-sunlight.html http://phys.org/news/2014-11-artificial-photosynthesis-fuel-...