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From: "John de Rivaz" <>
Subject: End of civilisation postponed: Sunlight to Make Fuel From CO2...
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 15:47:11 -0000

Sunlight to Make Fuel From CO2

http://www.wired.com:80/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/S2P


Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico have found a way of 
using sunlight to recycle carbon dioxide and produce fuels like methanol or 
gasoline.


The Sunlight to Petrol, or S2P, project essentially reverses the combustion 
process, recovering the building blocks of hydrocarbons. They can then be used 
to synthesize liquid fuels like methanol or gasoline. Researchers said the 
technology already works and could help reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, 
although large-scale implementation could be a decade or more away. 

lots more at the link.


The great thing with this is that, unlike the proposed "hydrogen economy", it 
uses the existing infrastructure. Also people are happy with using the explosive
fuel petrol and may be worried with the explosive fuel hydrogen, even though 
burning hydrogen rises into the air rather than forms a pool on the ground.

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