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If you can discover a way to cost-effectively synthesize hydrocarbons (CH chains) from CO2 and H2O, which contain all of the necessary components, you're pretty
by astrodust 9y ago
If you can discover a way to cost-effectively synthesize hydrocarbons (CH chains) from CO2 and H2O, which contain all of the necessary components, you're pretty much guaranteed a Nobel prize.
So far the process to do this involves a lot of messy intermediate steps, like hundreds of millions of years and enormous pressure in the mantle of the Earth.
- maxerickson 9y agoThere are pilot projects: http://www.audi.com/corporate/en/corporate-responsibility/we-live-responsibility/product/audi-e-gas-project.html http://www.audi.com/corporate/en/corporate-responsibility/we... (mentioned on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabatier_reaction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabatier_reaction) Who knows what the economics really are, but they don't sound dire.