Revolutionary Electrolyzer Efficiently Converts CO2 into Renewable Propane Fuel

Re:Revolutionary Electrolyzer Efficiently Converts CO2 into ... by 01100011 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @04:35AM (#37220068)

- CO2 isn't the only greenhouse gas.

- This process produces hydrocarbon fuel. It will be burned and the carbon will return to the atmosphere.

I suppose propane could become a chemical feedstock. Then the carbon could theoretically be tied up for a while.

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Re:Revolutionary Electrolyzer Efficiently Converts CO2 into ... by malfist on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @09:26AM (#37222389)

Even if it winds up back in the atmosphere, it's displaced an equivalent amount of new CO2 going into the atmosphere.

Pulling enough CO2 to make a kilogram of propane and then burning that kilogram of propane for electricity is still better than burning a kilogram of freshly fracked propane.

One offsets consumption. One just adds consumption.

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Re:Revolutionary Electrolyzer Efficiently Converts CO2 into ... by bluGill on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @02:07PM (#37226490)

Only if your source of electric doesn't add CO2. If you burn coal to make propane you are worse off CO2 wise than using regular propane. We have a lot of wind and solar, but most places they are still a minor part of the electric mix (if this applies to you, it wouldn't be hard to get a lot more wind/solar in your grid).

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