Powered by Sunlight, ‘Artificial Leaf’ Successfully Produces Clean Gas From CO2 and Water
22nd October 2019
A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water, and which could eventually be used to develop a sustainable liquid fuel alternative to petrol.
The carbon-neutral device sets a new benchmark in the field of solar fuels, after researchers at the University of Cambridge demonstrated that it can directly produce the gas — called syngas — in a sustainable and simple way.
October 22nd, 2019 at 10:26
Or, you could just grow plants. Think “biodiesel”, which is pretty good stuff. Also alcohol, which is pretty good stuff. Also wood, …
Sometimes the old ways are best.
I stopped being even mildly impressed when I saw “..carbon-neutral…”.