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Title: If this works ...
Post by: Pastis on October 19, 2012, 04:38:11 PM

If this idea is possible on an industrial scale it could be quite phenomenal   Shocked:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fuel/9619269/British-engineers-produce-amazing-petrol-from-air-technology.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fuel/9619269/British-engineers-produce-amazing-petrol-from-air-technology.html)

Title: Re: If this works ...
Post by: GROWLER on October 19, 2012, 05:02:05 PM

Shell are on the way to nip this one in the bud, and to literally make it vanish into thin air.

Title: Re: If this works ...
Post by: GROWLER on October 19, 2012, 05:03:47 PM

The company, Air Fuel Synthesis, then uses the carbon dioxide and hydrogen to produce methanol which in turn is passed through a gasoline fuel reactor, creating petrol.


I predict a MAHOOSIVE and devastaing explosion there any time soon. whistle:

Title: Re: If this works ...
Post by: GROWLER on October 19, 2012, 05:05:10 PM

Shame really, as the chancellor had already drawn up taxation plans for this too.

Title: Re: If this works ...
Post by: Barman on October 19, 2012, 08:08:42 PM

Here are the clues...

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Company officials say they had produced five litres of petrol in less than three months from a small refinery in Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside.

The fuel that is produced can be used in any regular petrol tank and, if renewable energy is used to provide the electricity it could become “completely carbon neutral”.

The £1.1m project, in development for the past two years, is being funded by a group of unnamed philanthropists who believe the technology could prove to be a lucrative way of creating renewable energy.

The UK uses 1,669,000 barrels of oil every single day....