Scientists turn carbon dioxide into clean green fuel with 96% purity
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/norway-microbes-methane-fuel-carbon
Scientists turn carbon dioxide into clean green fuel with 96% purity
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/norway-microbes-methane-fuel-carbon
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Scientists at the Norwegian Institute of BIOeconomy Research (NIBIO) have turned to biofilms to turn carbon-based gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) into biomethane, a green and sustainable alternative to natural gas.
These biofilm-based processes can produce biomethane with 96 percent purity, an organizational press release said.
Biofilm is the term used to describe a community of different microorganisms that stick to each other and surfaces, forming a slimy extracellular matrix.
Yes let’s burn it again.
Obligatory “I’m excited to never see this again”
This sounds cool .. I wonder what are the time-frames for practical or widespread uses.
If they capture a ton of CO2, and then burn it as fuel, how much CO2 is released?
If it’s less than the original amount, that sounds very promising.
Not knocking the research, but it’s “just” growing plants and burning them.
Don’t get me wrong, biofuels can be close to carbon neutral and are part of the future clean energy mix, but these headlines suck.
It sounds like a decent improvement on our current renewable natural gas industry, though the need for constant monitoring makes me think this won’t change things quickly if at all.
The technology for turning CO2 into burnable fuel existed before we did. It’s called trees and we keep cutting them all down.
That’s snarky, but really. Non-plant based carbon capture is likely part of the solution but maybe we start with not destroying our current carbon capture mechanisms?
I’m sure Mr. White could bring that up to 99% if you called him
Doesn’t appear to be photosynthesis, which means they have to feed it stoichiometric reducing equivalents, right? Must be why the sugar is added, along with the lipids and proteins.