Researchers have used liquid metals to turn carbon dioxide back into solid coal, in a world-first breakthrough that could transform our approach to carbon capture and storage.
The research team led by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have developed a new technique that can efficiently convert CO2 from a gas into solid particles of carbon.
Published in the journal Nature Communications, the research offers an alternative pathway for safely and permanently removing the greenhouse gas from our atmosphere.
Current technologies for carbon capture and storage focus on compressing CO2 into a liquid form, transporting it to a suitable site and injecting it underground.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @02:37PM (1 child)
I wish more environmentalists would take the time to understand the basic laws of thermodynamics so we didn't have to constantly see these headlines.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by fritsd on Thursday February 28 2019, @05:07PM
Erhm...
Nooo... the environmentalists aren't the problem..
Our problem is, that our world leaders pretend not to understand the basic laws of thermodynamics [wikipedia.org]
WARNING: seriously depressing Wiki article.