Hey, I know about those bugs, I cut my fermenting teeth on extremophiles. Alistair
> On Jul 9, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote: > > There is comparable research being carried out by ARPA-e at MIT and other locations using non-photosynthetic microorganisms (extremophiles) to turn CO2 into hydrocarbon fuels such as diesel. > >> On 09-Jul-2015, at 18:46, John Rodgers wrote: >> >> Google for German Solar Diesel. There are numerous links to articles about >> this! Even AUDI as gotten in to the act. >> >> John >>> On Jul 9, 2015 4:16 PM, "John Rodgers" <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Recently, the Germans have developed a solar system to convert water and >>> CO2 to 80 liters of diesel fuel per day. If you have a diesel van this >>> could be a real boon. Thats approximately 20 gallons of diesel fuel per >>> day! Given the additional mileage you get with a diesel the could be a >>> wallet saver. You could run around a week on one days solar production, >>> building a daily reserve of 20 gallons a day. By weeks end there would be >>> enough for a serious trip and other things. Anyone looked into this? >>> >>> John >>> |
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