Saru Posted October 19, 2012 #1 Share Posted October 19, 2012 A company in Britain has developed a revolutionary technique that can convert air in to gasoline. Being able to capture carbon dioxide from the air, and effectively remove the principal industrial greenhouse gas resulting from the burning of fossil fuels such as oil and coal, has been the holy grail of the emerging green economy. Read more... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star of the Sea Posted October 19, 2012 #2 Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) It does sound too good to be true! Just imagine how amazing for the world this could be! Stockton-on-Tees is holding the 'holy grail' LOL! Edited October 19, 2012 by Star of the Sea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKO Posted October 19, 2012 #3 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I wonder how much electricity is actually needed to do this. Might not be as good as it sounds. I know they were talking about maybe having renewable energy to help but it might end up being unfeasible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Shaun Posted October 19, 2012 #4 Share Posted October 19, 2012 It would be brilliant if its true. Just hope that its not too expensive on the forecourt and starts a price war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted October 19, 2012 #5 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Bet this goes silent. Won't hear anymore of this soon. Every year I hear loads of new discoveries like "car runs on water" etc etc and nothing comes of it. You think the oil/gas companies would allow that?! They would pay A LOT of money to shut this sort of thing up. Just look at this for instance: You could easily run power plants of of thousands of these things. Funny how we use rubbish eco windmills which don't evne work half the time yet these things keep going and going and going. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted October 19, 2012 #6 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Wow, that's just amazing. Hope it turns-out to be feasable/profitable on a large scale. And Coffey, jesus you can be so paranoid at times. oh never mind, that's why your a self-confirmed conspiracy theorist anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idano Posted October 19, 2012 #7 Share Posted October 19, 2012 The Oil and Gas lobby in the US will never let it happen... Like growing hemp instead of cutting trees...Lobbyists YUCK!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmcph Posted October 19, 2012 #8 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Oh great now we will get charge for using air...geesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted October 19, 2012 #9 Share Posted October 19, 2012 The fact that carbon dioxide can be reversed to hydrocarbons (i.e. Petrol) by running it through a catalyzer with hydrogen is nothing new. It would be new if this could be done in an energy efficient way. And there is where the doubts start. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind pew Posted October 19, 2012 #10 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Very surprised that this got out, if it happened here in the US they (the Scientists) would have disappeared and nothing would have been heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted October 19, 2012 #11 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Wow, that's just amazing. Hope it turns-out to be feasable/profitable on a large scale. And Coffey, jesus you can be so paranoid at times. oh never mind, that's why your a self-confirmed conspiracy theorist anyway. I'm actually not a paranoid person at all. All my ex's can confirm this. LOL I'm jsut good at smelling BS, having most of my family in the oil industry I know how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted October 19, 2012 #12 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I'm more worried about OPEC. The US gas producers will build a plant if they can sell gasoline. They don't care where it comes from, oil or air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikami Posted October 19, 2012 #13 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Woo hoo lets just suck all of the air out of our atmosphere! yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finity Posted October 19, 2012 #14 Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) The sad thing is this business will probably be supressed by the oil companies, just like hydrogen. Since everyone has access to water, air and electricity you could produce your own (like you can very easily and cheaply with hydrogen). The oil nazis and governments will never allow that willingly since they wouldn't be able to keep squeezing every penny out of us for fuel. The people researching this need to NEVER sell out. Only offering it to motorsport to start with is quite smart though, since it will get a foot hold in the economy without having to go through all the same processes as it would if it was to be a fuel for road vehicles. Edited October 19, 2012 by Finity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted October 19, 2012 #15 Share Posted October 19, 2012 What is a "garage forecourt"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brothers Posted October 20, 2012 #16 Share Posted October 20, 2012 We should charge them for using our carbon dioxide. Without us they wouldn't be able to make any thing worth while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod222 Posted October 20, 2012 #17 Share Posted October 20, 2012 The article is BS. Of course, it can be done, but it requires more energy input than the potential output of the produced fuel. This is simply another re-incarnation of the Perpetual Motion Machine. Grow up, people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted October 20, 2012 #18 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Riveting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Of Shadows Posted October 20, 2012 #19 Share Posted October 20, 2012 should we expect wars between nations for fresh air then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod222 Posted October 20, 2012 #20 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Actually, on second thought there could be a niche market for it in case of "green energy" sources that are removed from the public grid (e.g. the much-touted but so far unrealistic "desertec" solar plan). But even then I would very much doubt that it is economically feasible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finity Posted October 20, 2012 #21 Share Posted October 20, 2012 (edited) The article is BS. Of course, it can be done, but it requires more energy input than the potential output of the produced fuel. This is simply another re-incarnation of the Perpetual Motion Machine. Grow up, people. Yes, but making regular petrol also needs electricity to make AND creates toxic gases (other than Co2) which need to be cleaned. Plus all the energy needed to extract the oil in the first place. So this new way could be far more profitable, you have almost unlimited raw materials and less waste. Edited October 20, 2012 by Finity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skookum Posted October 20, 2012 #22 Share Posted October 20, 2012 It's ridiculous of course. They should have sold it to the yanks or the Germans then it would have been taken seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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