Sunday, 6 January 2008

Sunshine to petrol?


And here's another interesting development. Scientists at the Sandia laboratory - long associated with nuclear power - in New Mexico, USA, say that they have developed a concentrated sunlight operated device that will break down carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and oxygen.

The objective is to produce hydrocarbon fuel from the carbon dioxide - "sunshine to petrol", as Sandia calls it - as well as reducing greenhouse gases.


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