Liz, I will sign up for your 101 chemistry class. CO2 + 2H2O make CH4 PLUS 2 oxygen molecules. Use a multiple of such to make your 'petrol' (lesser ratio of H to C and even absorbing a little portion of the O2) yet the surplus of O2 is still generated. What I am driving at are CH3-CH2...CH2.CH3 types with occasional -OH ( -CO-?) groups included). The Germans applied a better format in WWI (!) for their 'Watergas' fuel, stopping at CO and H2 - (still worrying about the excessive O2). Nitrogen cann catalytically 'eat up' some of it into nitrous oxides etc. (from the air again) but the proportions are still odd. Not that I would call 'impossible'.
Believe me, since Woehler (1828) who synthesized urea (NH2-CO-NH2) and the WWII (!) German rush for butadien-based synth. rubbers, everything was given a thought. Your idea is excellent, it will reap huge appreciation from Brent (who is also FOR solar). I would be, too, had I better news of the delicacy, endurance and maintenance of the soalr panels - and the hazard of occasional wind-blown coverage (abrasions, breaks included). Of course not as in-flight 474s. John M On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:21 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > Solar cells are getting cheaper and easier to use (e.g. flexible plastic > ones). It should be possible to stick them anywhere you want, e.g. on > buildings or cars. This would mean at least some solar power could be > harvested using existing infrastructure. As usual the technology is there, > or almost there, but this needs political or commercial will to achieve. > > Personally I'd like to see a solar farm that uses the energy it receives > from the Sun to power machinery that sucks CO2 and water from the air and > turns them into petrol. (Then you really *could* run a 747 on solar power > :) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
