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The document we enclose in this dispatch doesn't differ much in substance from many others we have already brought to your attention; it is just the most recent incarnation of Carbon Dioxide recycling and utilization technology we are at this time aware of having emanated from the brilliant mind of Nobel Laureate chemist George Olah, and his colleagues at the University of Southern California.
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United States Patent: 8277631
In a previous dispatch, from just this past June, now accessible via:
West Virginia Coal Association | Connecticut Recycles CO2 into Hydrocarbons | Research & Development;
we included report of, and a link to:
"United States Patent 7,964,084 - Methods and Apparatus for the Synthesis of Useful Compounds; June 21, 2011; Inventors: Victor Stancovski, Steven Suib, et. al., CT; Assignee: Catalectric Corporation and the University of Connecticut; Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for activation of a low reactivity, non-polar chemical compound. In one example embodiment, the method comprises introducing the low reactivity chemical compound to a catalyst. At least one of (a) an oxidizing agent or a reducing agent and (b) a polar compound is provided to the catalyst and the chemical compound. An alternating current is applied to the catalyst to produce an activation reaction in the chemical compound. This activation reaction produces a useful product. (And) wherein: the polar compound comprises one of water or steam. (And) wherein: the low reactivity chemical compound comprise CO2; (And) wherein: the useful product comprises at least one of an alcohol".
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Due to recent developments concerning the productive chemical recycling of Carbon Dioxide which we are preparing to make report of, we wanted to begin providing some more background on a concept we ourselves find a bit difficult to grasp, much less to explain.
First, as is almost instinctively known to anyone who has taken high school chemistry or who ever watched Mr. Wizard, in that early foray into educational television, electricity can be employed to split some chemical compounds apart into their simpler molecular or elemental components.
The electrolysis of Water into Oxygen and Hydrogen is an obvious example; and, it is one we have made frequent reference to, as in our report of:
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We have many times documented for you the now undeniable performance benefits that can be achieved when Coal Ash is used as a fine aggregate, an ingredient in Portland-type Cement Concrete, "PCC", mix; that is, as a substitute for traditional materials that must, at significant cost and environmental disruption, otherwise be mined, quarried and processed.
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We've many times documented for you the fact, that, not only can King Coal's friendly ghost, Carbon Dioxide, be reclaimed, from whatever handy or convenient source and then be recycled in the making of both liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon fuels, but, that, as seen, for one example in:
West Virginia Coal Association | Iceland Recycles Even More CO2 | Research & Development; concerning: "Carbon Recycling International (CRI) captures carbon dioxide from industrial emissions and converts carbon dioxide into Renewable Methanol (RM). ... RM is a drop-in fuel for existing automobiles and hybrid flexible vehicles and can be purchased at existing gasoline stations. The production of RM is feasible in many locations in the world with geothermal, wind, and solar energy sources";
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