It is a very promising development that a startup is making gasoline in a compact machine without drilling or engine upgradation. It is quite a disruptive technology.
This machine captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converts into synthetic gasoline. Later carbon is combined with hydrogen which is extracted from water. There the reaction is facilitated by renewable electricity. The output of carbon-hydrogen combination leads to liquid gasoline.
The fuel can be used directly in the vehicles and there is no need to create a charging infrastructure. The gasoline so produced is chemically identical to fossil-based gasoline. Besides it is clean fuel without contamination of sulfur and ethanol. There is no need to re-engineer the vehicle engine.
The machine could be used in a distributive on demand manufacture.
Investors like the decarbonization part.
The model promotes miniaturization and produces carbon-neutral gasoline.
Such fuels are getting tration in Europe, especially in aviation. The machine is built on plug-and- play design. If solar or wood energy is used, it could become an alternative to fossil fuels. And there is no need to upgrade infrastructure.
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