ayin jade Posted October 20, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.22 Reputation: 11,242 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted October 20, 2016 http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1019/Scientists-by-accident-turn-carbon-dioxide-into-ethanol-fuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted October 21, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.96 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I hope they can and will take off with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted October 21, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.22 Reputation: 11,242 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 One concern I had was the use of water. Water is becoming scarce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted October 21, 2016 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,672 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 2,124 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/31/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted October 21, 2016 8 hours ago, ayin jade said: One concern I had was the use of water. Water is becoming scarce. Hi I think that would depend on whether the Chemical bond of the water was broken in the process? maybe then some extra Hydrogen might be lost into space?? otherwise it should all retrogress back to its pure form and be recycled back into the environment?? Maybe?? God bless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OakWood Posted October 22, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 867 Topics Per Day: 0.24 Content Count: 7,331 Content Per Day: 2.00 Reputation: 2,860 Days Won: 31 Joined: 04/09/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/28/1964 Share Posted October 22, 2016 It's straightforward enough to convert carbon dioxide and water into ethanol. It's no mystery. The only problem is that you need to put energy in, in order to do this - therefore it requires a source of energy to create the ethanol. As with all renewable energy sources they require an existing source of energy to produce them whether it be wind power or solar power. Even biofuels (such as rapeseed oil) are a form of solar energy, if you think about it - because plants need sunlight to grow. What the article tells you is that scientists have only developed a new catalyst that makes the conversion process quicker and with higher yields, what it doesn't tell you is that a source of energy is still required to drive the chemical reaction. Even the corresponding article linked to this does not make that clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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