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Re:Breakthrough solar cell captures CO2 and sunlight, produc... by pizza on Saturday July 30, 2016 @03:58PM (#12194440)
Could a catalytic converter be used to create CO2 from CO?

edit: I forgot what it took as input for a sec there..

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Re:Breakthrough solar cell captures CO2 and sunlight, produc... by lisper on Saturday July 30, 2016 @04:14PM (#12194503)
> Could a catalytic converter be used to create CO2 from CO?

You don't need a catalytic converter, you can just burn it. But breathing a sigh of relief that we can "safely" dispose of the CO in this way is missing the point rather badly.

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