• Illogicalbit@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Interesting:

    In the new study, the team focused on the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to ethylene, a widely used chemical that can be made into a variety of plastics as well as fuels, and which today is made from petroleum. But the approach they developed could also be applied to producing other high-value chemical products as well, including methane, methanol, carbon monoxide, and others, the researchers say.

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    I was wondering about total cost in energy. In the sense that wind and solar basically convert a barrel of oil into X times a barrel of oil of energy. They are looking to make it economically feasible which should likely mean its ends up being efficient enough:

    “Currently, ethylene sells for about $1,000 per ton, so the goal is to be able to meet or beat that price. The electrochemical process that converts CO2 into ethylene involves a water-based solution and a catalyst material, which come into contact along with an electric current in a device called a gas diffusion electrode.”