Re: Royal Society of Canada: Energy crisis looms

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Duncan Patton a Campbell is Dhu) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL 
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> > Its possibe to extract CO2 from the atmosphere and synthesise it in
> > combination with electrolysed hydrogen do make diesel,kerosene,
> > methanol and ethanol using suitable catalysts.
> > 
> > http://www.refuelnet.de/content/refuelnet/pdf/CO-CO2_98.pdf
> > 
> > The process has been tested at 44% efficient and theoretically 60% is
> > possible.
> > 
> > All you need is electricity.
> 
> Ah, therein lies the rub.  Just the same, what we lack is transportable 
> power.  So for various reasons having to do with thermodynamic efficiency
> it is preferable to use a fuel cycle with very steep energy differentials,
> and for safety reasons it should be relatively non-toxic.  For economic
> reasons the mechanism should be readily meterable.

We seem to allready be using something like this. I put some in my car
just this morning.

> An aluminum/methanol slurry subject to variable oxidation suits these 
> requirements.

Sounds like gasoline or diesel fuel will do better.