From Wales, a box to make biofuel from car fumes

The world's richest corporations and finest minds spend billions trying to solve the problem of carbon emissions, but three fishing buddies in North Wales believe they have cracked it.

They have developed a box which they say can be fixed underneath a car in place of the exhaust to trap the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming -- including carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide -- and emit mostly water vapor.

The captured gases can be ... Full Story »

Posted by Chris Finnie
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Topics: Global Warming, Green Technology, Climate Change
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Posted by: Posted by Chris Finnie - Jul 19, 2007 - 8:01 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Jul 19, 2007 - 8:51 AM PDT

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M. Simon
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by M. Simon - Oct. 1, 2008

First off most plants evolved in an environment where CO2 levels ranged from 2,000 to 5,000 ppm. Current levels represent plant starvation and require more water uptake. Second. No mention of the economics let alone how you will exchange an exhaust heated collection box at refueling time. The real answer is more wind, more solar (when it is cost effective) and fusion power plants. Search - Bussard Fusion - to see what some possibilities are for small fusion plants. The Bussard design produces very few neutrons if fueled by Boron 11. If we are going to go to an all electric car or even bio-fueled plug in hybrids we are going to nead a lot more electricity quick. I don't like fission power because of the plutonium problem.

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Chris Finnie
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by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

An interesting piece about the power of human ingenuity. It raised a few questions the piece didn't answer like: will this work for smokestack emissions? or, is it really feasible for motorists or gas station attendants to swap these boxes out every time we fill our tanks? and, what if somebody doesn't fill up every time? Still, I'm looking forward to reading more on an invention that could revolutionize how we react to the critical problem of global warming

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Doesn't present the perspectives of any skeptics.

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Harry A Farr
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by Harry A Farr - Oct. 1, 2008

Reminds me of the cold fusion stories. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is...

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