Re:Catching CO2 from trucks and reducing their emissions by 90%
by gus_massa on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @04:45PM
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It is possible to convert the CO2 to methane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabatier_reaction
but it is not as efficient as portrayed in the media. Conversion to gasoline or diesel fuel is much more difficult and inefficient.
Re:Catching CO2 from trucks and reducing their emissions by 90%
by swiley on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @04:52PM
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Well that only makes methane so you need an extra step (like Fischer topsch) to get longer hydrocarbons. So it makes sense that using it that way would be way less efficient.
Re:Catching CO2 from trucks and reducing their emissions by 90%
by pstuart on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @05:05PM
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Perhaps a nice use of excess power from wind farms?
That’s a nice idea but I haven’t seen a reaction that reduces CO2 anywhere, I’m not a professional chemist though so maybe I’m missing something?
EDIT: lol, yes I am [1]. I should just stick to software since I only mildly suck at that.
Also all that crazy tech sounds a bit like overkill; alkali hydroxides absorb CO2 and are pretty cheap to produce.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical_reduction_of...