flakinur

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   by flakinur 3y ago

   Thx for the catch! Fixed the math using chat gpt :P. Reaction: 3CO2 + 12H2 -> C3H8 + 6O2 Number of moles of electrons (n): n = 3 * 4 = 12 Total charge (Q) in Coulombs: Q = (-395 * 1 * 100 * 3600 * 0.91 / 1000) * 12 * 96485 Voltage (
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   by flakinur 3y ago

   Doing quick napkin math it looks like to process a ton of CO2 it will require 1.6kW of energy, burning that amount of propane generates at 50% power plan efficiency you get ~3kW of energy generation... 8CO2+24H2O+24e→3C3H8+16O2. Moles of CO
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   by flakinur 3y ago

   Back to drilling oil wells, I suppose. I expect there will be a larger share of geothermal wells by then. In theory I can pick up any number of blue collar jobs, there is a huge overlap. Interesting question, thanks :)