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Old 6th May 2017, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ainarssems View Post
I am not sure if there is any truth in article but by zero CO2 they mean zero net CO2- microbes creating fuel will consume the same amount of CO2 that is later released burning fuel. Similar like plants do with photosynthesis using sunlight to convert CO2 and water in to hydrocarbons.
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Ainarssems. You are spot on, perfect reasoning.
They are replicating photosynthesis, and that starts with CO2 end ends with.... many possible products, including ammonia and hydrogen.
This is very early days research and will, like most such, probably come to nothing. But if can be economically scaled up, the results will be world changing.
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