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Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide (news.mit.edu)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide::An efficient new process can convert carbon dioxide into formate, a material that can be used like hydrogen or methanol to power a fuel cell and generate electricity.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So we're gonna spend a whole bunch of energy to capture carbon, then use even more to turn it into fuel, and then just burn it again? Yea sorry, I am not convinced.

Edit: Unless if course they propose it for grid balancing, like we talk about doing with hydrogen. In that case, I wanna know exact energy efficiency numbers and equipment cost.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Carbon neutral fuel is a good thing.