Carol in Cal. Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 CO2 can be turned into ethanol, precisely and at normal temperatures, using nanotechnology. Awesome progress toward diverting a major greenhouse gas source. http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a23417/convert-co2-into-ethanol/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 If they can make this work on a larger scale, it would be double-whammy good, because we'd also have a source of ethanol that did not involve using up crop land that could be used to grow food... And great to have a source of carbon-based fuel that's both carbon-neutral and doesn't involve fracking or deep water drilling or any of the other increasingly risky ways we have to get at the dwindling supplies of fossil fuels in the earth... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 That is incredibly exciting! Cynically hoping certain corps don't find a way to ruin this for everyone.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 CO2 can be turned into ethanol, precisely and at normal temperatures, using nanotechnology. Awesome progress toward diverting a major greenhouse gas source. http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a23417/convert-co2-into-ethanol/ And we can use it to fuel our parties? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 And we can use it to fuel our parties? Bingo, clearly this is the Main Idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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