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Re: Carbon dioxide captured from air can be directly converted into methanol fuel

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Subject Re: Carbon dioxide captured from air can be directly converted into methanol fuel
Date Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:14:42 +1100
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On 28/01/2016 2:54 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Carbon dioxide captured from air can be directly converted into methanol
>> fuel
>>> http://phys.org/news/2016-01-carbon-dioxide-captured-air-methanol.html
>>
>>
>>> (Phys.org)?For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that CO2
>>> captured from the air can be directly converted into methanol (CH3OH)
>>> using a homogenous catalyst. The benefits are two-fold: The process
>>> removes harmful CO2 from the atmosphere, and the methanol can be used
>>> as an alternative fuel to gasoline. The work represents an important
>>> step that could one day lead to a future "methanol economy," in which
>>> fuel and energy storage are primarily based on methanol.
>
> All it takes is huge amounts of energy.

No worries - plenty of energy available from burning coal.

Sylvia.

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Carbon dioxide captured from air can be directly converted into methanol fuel Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-27 21:20 -0600
  Re: Carbon dioxide captured from air can be directly converted into methanol fuel jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-28 03:54 +0000
    Re: Carbon dioxide captured from air can be directly converted into methanol fuel Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-28 17:14 +1100
      Re: Carbon dioxide captured from air can be directly converted into methanol fuel Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-01-28 08:33 -0600
  Re: Carbon dioxide captured from air can be directly converted into methanol fuel James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-27 20:40 -0800

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