[HN Gopher] 'Solar Tower' System Produces Jet Fuel from CO2, Wat...
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       'Solar Tower' System Produces Jet Fuel from CO2, Water, and
       Sunlight
        
       Author : cheinyeanlim
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-07-25 21:46 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | blacksqr wrote:
       | The actual news here is that a research group has developed a new
       | greener way to generate synthesis gas (the standard way is to
       | inject water or steam into a chamber of burning coal).
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       | Once you have the synthesis gas, there are existing methods to
       | manufacture a wide range of chemical products. Jet fuel being
       | just one of them.
        
       | NonNefarious wrote:
       | Given that this process must manufacture carbon monoxide to serve
       | as an ingredient, I wonder if it could be installed on some CO-
       | emitting equipment to capture and benefit from it.
        
       | bragr wrote:
       | One important thing to call out about these fuels, and is often
       | neglected in the reporting, is while they might be carbon
       | neutral, they aren't environmentally neutral. At the very least,
       | these fuels will still emit NOx and particulate pollution, so you
       | cannot simply wave away all environment concerns of flying with
       | "synthetic fuels".
        
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