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| Thread ID: 127388 | 2012-10-20 05:09:00 | Fuel News | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 1307770 | 2012-10-23 21:34:00 | My sceptical mind says the story is a long way short of economic production. They use Hydrogen electrolysed from water for part of the process.... Ah no, they extract hydrogen from fossil fuels. So hydrogen powered cars is a no-go in the long term. Extracting hydrogen from water, takes more energy than you will actually get back . So another dead end. You'd be better off using that electricity to power the cars directly (via batteries) Its hard to beat good ol petrol as a a compact,cheap energy source. We arnt going to 'make' fuel without putting in the same amount of energy as we will get out . Now wheres that Telsa free engery device I made, I think I put it next to my tinfoil hat :cool: |
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| 1307771 | 2012-10-23 22:59:00 | Petrol from Air maybe? A British company is claiming it can make petrol from air and electricity . The stunning claim from Air Fuels Synthesis has been described as a potential "game-changer" and saviour for the world's energy crisis in a recent online article from The Telegraph newspaper . Here's how The Telegraph described the process: "The technology removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . The technology involves taking sodium hydroxide and mixing it with carbon dioxide before "electrolysing" the sodium carbonate that it produces to form pure carbon dioxide . Hydrogen is then produced by electrolysing water vapour captured with a dehumidifier . It then uses the carbon dioxide and hydrogen to produce methanol which in turn is passed through a gasoline fuel reactor, creating petrol . " In less than three months, the company claims to have produced five litres of petrol, which could be used in any regular petrol tank, from a small refinery . Company executives told The Telegraph they hope to build a larger plant capable of producing a tonne of petrol daily within two years and are looking towards a refinery-sized operation within the next 15 years . The Telegraph reported the £1 . 1 million (NZ$2 . 16m) project has been in development for the past two years and funding came from a group of unnamed philanthropists . . stuff . co . nz/motoring/7856051/Petrol-from-air-technology-unveiled" target="_blank">www . stuff . co . nz An interesting idea . |
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