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Re:Jet fuel from thin air: Aviation's hope or hype? by jabl on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @08:01AM (#21135470)
They made synfuels from coal, which contains a lot of, uh, coal. So no need to capture it from the air. They didn't worry about CO2 pollution back then.
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Re:Jet fuel from thin air: Aviation's hope or hype? by dredmorbius on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @10:25AM (#21136781)
For fuel synthesis, you have two principle processes: carbon sourcing, and actually sythesizing the fuel.

Once you've got the coal sourced, most of the rest of the WWII process is directly applicable to modern carbon-capture methods.

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