Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 10/12/2024 04:46, Rich wrote:

For a 'motor fuel' it is difficult to replace the benefits of liquids
that do not need pressure vessels (beyond their own evaporation
pressure, which is usually quite mild).  We have an entire setup in
place for transporting, storing, and dispensing liquids (gas/diesel
pumps).
 

+1

But, to avoid more 'carbon' in the air, the liquids have to be
synthesized somehow from carbon already in the air.  And that we don't
have on a scale large enough to be a source to replace our current
liquid fuels.
 

Well What we need to look at is how much carbon we can fix from the air using plants.
Once you have cellulose and carbohydrates, you can make alcohols,  and once you have alcohols you can make long chain hydrocarbons.
Of course you need to remove all the solar farms first to grow the crops.
And or use giant algal farms in marshes etc. Adding light to indoor plants would make them work as well. Its all about having enough cheap energy
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