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CO2 To Fuel, Closing the "Carbon Loop"

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the squeeze-as-much-as-you-can dept.

leprasmurf writes "Inhabitat has posted an article detailing a recent announcement of a process to turn CO2 into fuel. The process, which used to be considered too energy inefficient, uses a multi-step, low pressure, and low temperature biocatalyst to break the CO2 into 'basic hydrocarbon building blocks.'"

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  1. SCAM ALERT!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A quick browse of their website turns up enough buzzwords to make Bush's Press secretary do the technicolor yawn (barf).

    "Biocatalyst"?!? WTF is that?

    This company is just looking for rubes with money to "invest" in something that works as well as the pill that magically turns water into gasoline.

    I smell snake oil.

  2. Re:In this house... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do we obey those laws as well, or do we just look at them from a distance while continuing to act as we please?

  3. Re:how does this crap make front page? by Gilmoure · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why the hell would I care about you growing your penis size? Now, if there was info about my penis size increasing, sure, post away!

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    I drank what? -- Socrates
  4. Re:A simple capsule that could make CO2 into fuel? by charlesbakerharris · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Genius. If I had mod points, you'd get +one.