Technology wins again, fuel from seawater

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We have already developed nuclear fusion that creates more energy than it takes to produce it ... however, with this new and far-reaching development: headlined as a 'Game Changer': we can produce liquid carbohydrate fuel (currently) for $3-$6 per gallon from seawater, vastly reducing pollution impacts in a variety ways.

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Materials Science and Technology Division announced Monday that it had already flown a radio-controlled replica of a World War II plane using hydrocarbon fuel made from seawater.

The fuel is created with the help of an electrolytic cation exchange module, a machine which removes carbon dioxide from seawater while simultaneously producing hydrogen. The gases are then formed into liquid hydrocarbons by a metal catalyst in a reactor system, the lab said in a statement.

"In close collaboration with the Office of Naval Research P38 Naval Reserve program, NRL has developed a game changing technology for extracting, simultaneously, CO2 and H2 from seawater," said Dr. Heather Willauer, an NRL research chemist. “This is the first time technology of this nature has been demonstrated with the potential for transition, from the laboratory, to full-scale commercial implementation.”

Fuel produced this way would cost an estimated $3-6 per gallon, the NRL says, and could be commercially viable within the next seven to ten years with proper funding and partnerships.

 

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We have already developed nuclear fusion that creates more energy than it takes to produce it ... however, with this new and far-reaching development: headlined as a 'Game Changer': we can produce liquid carbohydrate fuel (currently) for $3-$6 per gallon from seawater, vastly reducing pollution impacts in a variety ways.

What do we do when seawater runs out then smart ass ?

 

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What do we do when seawater runs out then smart ass ?

That wasn't very funny, was it?

 

[SUPERNORWICH 23]

That wasn't very funny, was it?

Get your knickers off pal.

 

[RAVENBLACK]

We have already developed nuclear fusion that creates more energy than it takes to produce it ... however, with this new and far-reaching development: headlined as a 'Game Changer': we can produce liquid carbohydrate fuel (currently) for $3-$6 per gallon from seawater, vastly reducing pollution impacts in a variety ways.

pish.

 

[DevAdvocate]

Still sounds pretty expensive at $6 a gallon?

 

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Still sounds pretty expensive at $6 a gallon?

How much does high octane air fuel cost?

 

[DevAdvocate]

How much does high octane air fuel cost?

That's a fair point but I was more thinking of fuel for cars. I see that it's been used on a plane so I assumed (maybe incorrectly) that the long term goal was to make a cheap, viable, alternative fuel source for all, and as I don't own a plane - or have ambitions to buy one - I was expecting it to be a good deal cheper than Unleaded or diesel. Maybe this is the answer, if produced in large quantities the price should drop, hopefully i'll be filling my car with seawater in 10 years, here's hoping.

 

[stopmeandslapme]

Sand in the petrol tank means that delivery's going nowhere.

 

[Toby]

ER and Venom will be flogging Big Issues soon

 

[stopmeandslapme]

Would be a laugh if sea water fuel came in right after the scotch vote for independence.

 

[ManDingo 20"/20"]

Would be a laugh if sea water fuel came in right after the scotch vote for independence.

Aye. ****ing hilarious.

Aw these english ****s trying to heat their houses with seawater.

 

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Still sounds pretty expensive at $6 a gallon?

Oil prices will inevitably rise as we pursue marginal deposits and more cost-effective fields are exhausted. Moreover, oil is far too valuable to be burning it for electrical and transportational needs, this development has the potential to replace oil and coal fired power stations with a much cleaner fuel.