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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

How to turn greenhouse gas into a clean fuel

Big headlines in New Scientist:

How to turn greenhouse gas into a clean fuel

THIS WEEK: 11:37 28 April 2009

A new process converts carbon dioxide into methanol, without the need for extreme temperatures and pressures

Just one problem:
Methanol combustion is: 2CH3OH + 3O22CO2 + 4H2O + heat
Are we missing something here?

Oh, and the stuff that is made into livestock feed comes out the other end as methane... that's a lot better than CO2.

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