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There isn't a lot conceptually new in the document we submit to your attention herein.
As we've reported many times, as for one instance in:
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The awkward title we devised for this dispatch isn't that informative, we know; but, it does encapsulate the gist of what has been accomplished by a team of MIT scientists, under the sponsorship of the United States Department of Energy.
In essence, they have engineered a common bacteria, one which has become widely employed in the field of chemical manufacturing by genetically-modified microorganisms, to consume Carbon Dioxide and to use Carbon Dioxide as the source of Carbon in synthesizing a wide range of Carbon-containing, i.e. "Organic", products; products which have further utility as chemical intermediates or as raw materials in the consequent synthesis and production of fuels, plastics, and etc.
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United States Patent Application: 0120255305
We've documented for you a number of times that the well-known Japanese company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, is getting involved in the Carbon Dioxide recycling "revolution", for want of a better term, as in our reports of:
West Virginia Coal Association | Japan Helps Iceland Convert CO2 into Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels | Research & Development; concerning: "Dimethyl Ether Production from Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen; Pierre-Etienne Huot-Marchand; Trondheim; Norway; November 2010; Abstract: The chemical recycling of carbon dioxide to methanol and dimethyl ether (DME) provides a renewable, carbon-neutral, source for efficient transportation fuels. DME can be used in diesel engine, although some modifications of the engine are required. The Icelandic government has established a long term vision for zero percent hydrocarbon fuel emissions, and has been working to increase the use of renewable energy. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is planning to open a DME plant in 2014, in Iceland"; and:
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United States Patent Application: 0130008792
As we have by now documented many times, the United States Government, as embodied in the United States Navy, and, by extension, the United States Department of Defense, knows full well that Carbon Dioxide, as is co-produced in only a small way, relative to natural sources of emission, such as volcanoes, from our essential use of Coal in the generation of genuinely abundant and truly affordable electric power, is a valuable raw material resource.
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United States Patent Application: 0130001072
Hope y'all can bear with us for awhile. The flu has had us low here for a few weeks and we know our reports have been few and far between, and our compositions awkward, at best. We hope that everything will soon improve; we'll do our best, but we'll have to keep things simple.
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