UIC solves global warming (generation, solution, cost, economic)

[Troyfan]

It looks like this is on problem the world can put behind it.

https://news.uic.edu/breakthrough-so...-burnable-fuel

"Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have engineered a potentially game-changing solar cell that cheaply and efficiently converts atmospheric carbon dioxide directly into usable hydrocarbon fuel, using only sunlight for energy."

Apparently it takes CO2, sunlight and water and converts it to H2 and CO and O2. It uses a selenium and tungsten based catalyst.

"“The new catalyst is more active; more able to break carbon dioxide’s chemical bonds,” said UIC postdoctoral researcher Mohammad Asadi, first author on the Science paper.
In fact, he said, the new catalyst is 1,000 times faster than noble-metal catalysts — and about 20 times cheaper."

It sounds like a way to recycle CO2. GE and a fuel cell company found a process to create calcium carbonate out of CO2 created when coal or gas is burned. It appears the days of CO2 are numbered.

[NLVgal]

Best news I've heard in a while. Go Science!!

[BIG CATS]

Im not a believer of Global Warming, but this is awesome news! Way to go, UIC!

[Pfalz]

Please don't put the mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide in my car's fuel tank.

Even if this is a cost effective means to generate energy you still have a monumental and multi-generational effort to raise the capital to pay for this, build out the infrastructure necessary to generate sufficient energy and reconfigure the energy distribution infrastructure to deliver the energy in the form of H & CO where it is needed. All the while, the clock keeps ticking. Not a solution but it looks like maybe a baby step in the right direction.

At this point, stopping CO2 emissions is the secondary problem. Our primary problem is surviving at hotter planet with minimal economic and social disruption.

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by Pfalz

Please don't put the mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide in my car's fuel tank.

Even if this is a cost effective means to generate energy you still have a monumental and multi-generational effort to raise the capital to pay for this, build out the infrastructure necessary to generate sufficient energy and reconfigure the energy distribution infrastructure to deliver the energy in the form of H & CO where it is needed. All the while, the clock keeps ticking. Not a solution but it looks like maybe a baby step in the right direction.

At this point, stopping CO2 emissions is the secondary problem. Our primary problem is surviving at hotter planet with minimal economic and social disruption.

Maybe a nice asteroid will come along and cool things off for us.

[2nd trick op]

Sounds promising, assuming the "news" doesn't come from the pages of the National Dipstick.

"Breakthroughs" on the fringes of science are a dime a dozen; adapting them to a society built on mass production and distribution is another matter.