<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 12:06 AM John Grigg via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>An amazing development for the protection of the environment! : ) <br><p lang="en-GB"><span lang="en-GB">"For years now, chemists have been
trying to apply this idea to one of the most environmentally damaging
sectors of our economy: the aviation industry. Not only do planes emit
huge amounts of CO2, they also pump other greenhouse gases like nitrogen
oxide directly into the upper atmosphere, where their warming effect is
greatly increased.</span></p>
<p lang="en-GB"><span lang="en-GB">The fossil fuels they burn to create
all these emissions are hydrocarbons, which means they are made up of a
combination of carbon and hydrogen. That’s led some to suggest it might
be possible to create synthetic versions of these fuels by capturing the
CO2 planes produce and combining it with hydrogen extracted with water.</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div>### This is incredibly stupid. Even worse than biodiesel.</div><div><br></div><div>Rafal</div></div></div>