Scientists Find Cheap Way To Suck Air And Make It Into Fuel

[Swordsmyth]

A Canadian clean energy company and its founder who is a Harvard Professor say that they have developed an affordable way to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and convert it into clean fuels.
Carbon Engineering—a privately owned company funded by private investors, including Bill Gates and Murray Edwards—published an article describing its research in the scientific journal Joule on Thursday.
Carbon Engineering founder and Harvard Professor at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, David Keith, and his colleagues say that they have demonstrated for the first time a scalable and cost-effective solution for removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
Not only are the scientists sucking CO2 out of the air, but they are also commercializing a process which uses water electrolysis and fuels synthesis to produce clean liquid hydrocarbon fuels that are drop-in compatible with existing transportation infrastructure.
“Our clean fuel is fully compatible with existing engines, so it provides the transportation sector with a solution for significantly reducing emissions, either through blending or direct use. Our technology is scalable, flexible and demonstrated. Today, we’re actively seeking partners who will work with CE to dramatically reduce emissions in the transportation sector and help us move to a carbon-neutral economy,” Steve Oldham, chief executive of Carbon Engineering, said.

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[Danke]

I already did this years ago.

[Jamesiv1]

In the Spring of 1967 I predicted this would happen.

It became part of the slow but steady crescendo to the Summer of Love.

[Danke]

In the Spring of 1967 I predicted this would happen.

It became part of the slow but steady crescendo to the Summer of Love.

It was your prediction that led me on to this.

[Zippyjuan]

The sucking part is cheaper than it was but the fuel isn't cheap.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/...utral-science/

Until now, the costs of CO2 removal, or what’s known as “direct air capture,” were believed to be at least $600 per ton. That was far too much to be useful in sucking large amounts of CO2 out of the atmosphere. Every year the world burns enough fossil fuels to add close to 40 billion tonnes of CO2.

Still, even at $100 per ton, there aren’t enough CO2 buyers right now. So the company decided to make a carbon-neutral liquid fuel, said Steve Oldham, CEO of Carbon Engineering. The captured CO2 is combined with hydrogen, which is made through the electrolysis of water. While the process requires a lot of electricity, the pilot plant in Squamish uses renewable hydro power. The resulting synthetic fuel can be blended or used on its own as gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel. When it’s burned it emits the same amount of CO2 that went into making it, so it’s effectively carbon neutral.

Is the energy yield of the fuel greater than the energy needed to create it? Probably not.

[Swordsmyth]

The sucking part is cheaper than it was but the fuel isn't cheap.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/...utral-science/





Is the energy yield of the fuel greater than the energy needed to create it? Probably not.

This is just the first prototype, we will see how economical they can make it in the future.