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Re: A better electrocatalyst for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel

From jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
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Subject Re: A better electrocatalyst for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel
Date 2016-01-08 20:09 +0000
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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> A better electrocatalyst for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel
>> http://phys.org/news/2016-01-electrocatalyst-carbon-dioxide-liquid-fuel.html
> 
> 
>> A team of researchers working at the University of Science and
>> Technology of China has developed a new and potentially better
>> electrocatalyst for use in converting carbon dioxide into methanoic
>> acid, which could be used as a liquid fuel. In their paper published
>> in the journal Nature, the team describes their new process and
>> suggests that it may provide a path to reducing carbon dioxide
>> emissions and thus help to slow global warming.
>>
>> As the planet continues to warm due in large part to carbon dioxide
>> emissions from coal fired power plants, researchers around the world
>> are working furiously to find a way to pull out the carbon dioxide
>> from emissions before they are allowed to pass into the atmosphere,
>> and to use them in some other way?one that is economically feasible.
>> Many would like to see the carbon dioxide converted to something
>> useful, such as a type of fuel that could be burned and used as a
>> clean power source?that would make the process far more financially
>> palatable. But thus far, such efforts and have not panned out, due to
>> the huge costs involved.
 

So where is the energy needed to do this supposed to come from?


-- 
Jim Pennino

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A better electrocatalyst for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 07:45 -0600
  Re: A better electrocatalyst for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel Angelo <patrizio.pan-2002@libero.it> - 2016-01-08 07:11 -0800
  Re: A better electrocatalyst for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel Angelo <patrizio.pan-2002@libero.it> - 2016-01-08 07:21 -0800
    Re: A better electrocatalyst for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2016-01-08 15:32 +0000
      Re: A better electrocatalyst for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel Angelo <patrizio.pan-2002@libero.it> - 2016-01-08 09:27 -0800
    Re: A better electrocatalyst for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 09:19 +0100
  Re: A better electrocatalyst for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-08 20:09 +0000
  Re: A better electrocatalyst for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-01-09 14:30 -0800

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