Creating Fuels from Greenhouse Gas: A scientist at Tokushima Industrial Technology Center in Japan has demonstrated a process for turning CO2 gas into hydrocarbon fuel. Hydrocloric acid is the hydrogen source, iron is the catalyst. The process takes place under high pressure and relatively low heat. Improved hydrogenation could possibly produce liquid petroleum fuel -- from recycled CO2. [New Scientist via John Robb's Radio Weblog]
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Clean Coal: How could coal be a pollution-free fuel? When used in non-burning fuel cells, which use an electrochemical process to combine coal-derived gas with oxygen to produce energy. [Future Energies]
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Hydrogen Fueled Internal Combustion Engines: Cleaner energy is just around the corner. Ford Motor Co. and Ballard Power Systems have teamed up to produce an internal combustion engine that runs on hydrogen. The modified Ford engine can be used to generate electrical power in several voltages. [Future Energies]
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