7 ms·

>Just convert the CO2 to fuel using renewable energy That’s a nice idea but I haven’t seen a reaction that reduces CO2 anywhere, I’m not a professional chemist

by swiley 7y ago

>Just convert the CO2 to fuel using renewable energy That’s a nice idea but I haven’t seen a reaction that reduces CO2 anywhere, I’m not a professional chemist though so maybe I’m missing something? EDIT: lol, yes I am [1]. I should just stick to software since I only mildly suck at that. Also all that crazy tech sounds a bit like overkill; alkali hydroxides absorb CO2 and are pretty cheap to produce. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical_reduction_of_carbon_dioxide https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical_reduction_of...

egdod 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical_reduction_of_carbon_dioxide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical_reduction_of_c...
gus_massa 7y ago
It is possible to convert the CO2 to methane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabatier_reaction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabatier_reaction but it is not as efficient as portrayed in the media. Conversion to gasoline or diesel fuel is much more difficult and inefficient.
- swiley 7y ago
  Well that only makes methane so you need an extra step (like Fischer topsch) to get longer hydrocarbons. So it makes sense that using it that way would be way less efficient.
- pstuart 7y ago
  Perhaps a nice use of excess power from wind farms?