Petrol 'produced from air and water'

[Terpe]

19 October 2012 Last updated at 12:47 Help A British firm based on Teesside says it's designed revolutionary new technology that can produce petrol using air and water.




Source:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20003704

[Terpe]

I read about this in the newspaper. Just a very small report.
I watched on the BBC - this very short report.

Did anyone else hear about this?

Is it for real?

Why there's no excitment anywhere?

[imagine]

cool, save the global warming, but use up all our water and air, what we going to drink and breath

[lastlid]

I saw it too.

Great with a dash of lemonade!

[lastlid]

It reminds me of making hydrogen from water.

[Arthur Little]

The company believes this technique could help solve energy supply problems and curb global warming.

Is it for real?

W'ater difference this could make ... IF it's not just a lotta "hot air" >

[imagine]

this has already been done in scotland,

the product is called scotch whisky

[lastlid]

this has already been done in scotland,

the product is called scotch whisky

My favourite drink Except I dont drink these days. Still my favourite drink though.

[lastlid]

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http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news..._207544-1.html

[joebloggs]

reminds me of the film - The Heroes of Telemark
when the germans were creating heavy water - is this the same - a slow process and expensive to produce

[lastlid]

reminds me of the film - The Heroes of Telemark
when the germans were creating heavy water - is this the same - a slow process and expensive to produce

Seems so. And also similar in nature to generating hydrogen fuel from water.

Seemingly its a case of extracting carbon dioxide from air and hydrogen from water, and combining them in a reactor with a catalyst to make methanol. The methanol is then converted into gas.

[malchard888]

I did hear that it would be 10-15 years before it would become commercially available so at least that gives the government plenty of time to work out a strategy to tax us to the hilt for the privilege of using it.

[lastlid]

Also from Hyundai....

http://www.technologyreview.com/news...that-wont-die/

[lastlid]

Toyota to start selling hydrogen fuel-cell car in 2015

Will we need to go as far as generating petrol from air and water?

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...1#.UIMVJMXR43l