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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide

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Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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An efficient new process can convert carbon dioxide into formate, a material that can be used like hydrogen or methanol to power a fuel cell and generate electricity.
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    Don’t see how using the carbon again as fuel solves anything.

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      If you recycle existing carbon from the atmosphere then you’re not adding more carbon. So, in that sense it’s better.

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