[HN Gopher] 'Solar Tower' System Produces Jet Fuel from CO2, Wat... ___________________________________________________________________ '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) (HTM) web link (singularityhub.com) (TXT) w3m dump (singularityhub.com) | 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). | | 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". ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-07-25 23:00 UTC)