Mazda has tested a synthetic fuel in an unmodified MX5 on a 1000-mile road trip

Re:Mazda has tested a synthetic fuel in an unmodified MX5 on... by YesThatTom2 on Monday January 02, 2023 @09:10AM (#34217971)

I’m confused. This sounds like a good thing if the problem was an oil shortage, not CO2 pollution.

Explain why they aren’t solving the wrong problem?

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Re:Mazda has tested a synthetic fuel in an unmodified MX5 on... by lars-b2018 on Monday January 02, 2023 @09:14AM (#34218012)

The synthetic fuels are made from sources such as hay, which, theoretically is a net neutral to the carbon cycle since the hay's carbon came from the atmosphere already. This approach doesn't contribute additional CO2 to the atmosphere like traditional fuels do. However, not sure what the carbon costs are to create this synthetic fuel so that is a variable in the total carbon gain to the system.

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Re:Mazda has tested a synthetic fuel in an unmodified MX5 on... by itsoktocry on Monday January 02, 2023 @09:32AM (#34218237)

Maybe we have more than one problem that needs solving?

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