On 14/04/2012 22:19, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:47:29 +0100, Dave N wrote:

If you would only pause for one moment to consider his paper on its
merits for its potential for converting *some* CO2 into alcohol using an
electromicrobial mechanism (his description), as a means both of
disposal of *some* CO2 ...

Er I assumed that the idea of this conversion was to produce a liquid
fuel that would then be burnt. How does that "dispose" of the orginal
C02? The carbon is still fossil in orgin.

Obviously it doesn't but wouldn't burning recycled carbon be preferable
to mining and extracting new sources of carbon?

... and at the same time storage of *some* electrical energy in a
chemical form,

Seems my assumption is correct.

I think you are missing the point that this potentially offers a means
of storing energy, not locking it up permanently. Re-use of stored
energy is arguably better than burning more and more new sources of
carbon energy, which would add to the total of free carbon dioxide? You
might disagree, but I am only posing the question because I don't know
the answers.

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Dave N