TAKEPLACE: AN ECONOMICAL WAY TO SYNTHESIZE LIQUID FUEL FROM CO2

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

AN ECONOMICAL WAY TO SYNTHESIZE LIQUID FUEL FROM CO2

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion are major contributors to global warming. Since CO2 comes from fuel, why can't we recycle it back into fuel rather than releasing it into the atmosphere? An economical way to synthesize liquid fuel from CO2 would help mitigate global warming while reducing our need to burn fossil fuels. Catalysts that induce chemical reactions could be the key to recycling carbon dioxide, but they need to have just the right activity level-too much, and the wrong chemicals are produced; too little, and they don't do their job at all. SCIGURU

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