Here is the link to the study.
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, say their solar-powered reactor could be used to make fuel to power cars and planes, or the many chemicals and pharmaceuticals products we rely on. It could also be used to generate fuel in remote or off-grid locations.
Unlike most carbon capture technologies, the reactor developed by the Cambridge researchers does not require fossil-fuel-based power, or the transport and storage of carbon dioxide, but instead converts atmospheric CO2 into something useful using sunlight. The results are reported in the journal Nature Energy.
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has been touted as a possible solution to the climate crisis, and has recently received £22bn in funding from the UK government. However, CCS is energy-intensive and there are concerns about the long-term safety of storing pressurised CO2 deep underground, although safety studies are currently being carried out.
They’re going to feel pretty silly when they realise people are already powering cars from solar by just charging the car.
Alternative solutions like fossil-free fuels are worth looking into because batteries are heavy.
Not better than BEVs, public transport or better batteries until they prove it’s practicable, just worth at least looking at it.
But but no middleman to profit! Won’t you think of the middleman!
Lobbyists will create a middleman, always.
I think they’re aiming for storing and transporting a large amount of energy (e.g. enough energy for the whole winter). Which you conventionally do as fuel.