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| Subject: Scientists pursue energy's holy grail: jet fuel from water and air Fri Jan 31, 2020 8:11 pm | |
| The solution to flight-shaming may hinge on a modern version of a synthetic jet fuel that was honed by Adolf Hitler's Luftwaffe.
German scientists and business leaders are working to create what they hope will be the first viable market for a carbon-neutral version of the kerosene that already powers most modern aircraft.
The science is still based on chemical reactions pioneered in Germany in 1925, but instead of converting coal and other fossil fuels like the oil-starved Nazis did during World War II, green kerosene is derived from water and pulls carbon dioxide out of the air during creation.
The process, which requires huge amounts of electricity generated from renewable resources to ensure carbon neutrality, fractures water into oxygen and hydrogen, which is then combined with carbon.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/energy-s-holy-grail-jet-fuel-from-water-and-air-20200131-p53wiz.html |
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