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The CO2-to-hydrocarbon industry is, almost under the radar, and certainly beneath the notice of our news editors, proliferating/flowering in Europe, especially Germany.
Here is info from yet another company, Sunfire, which looks like it's been acquired by the multinational Bilfinger SE, formerly AG:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilfinger.
Note that Bilfinger's CEO:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Koch;
is not, apparently, related to the Koch brothers.
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Audi is Using Renewable Energy to Convert CO2 into Methane | Research & Development | News
Just FYI: The above link is to one of our posts concerning, actually, the company now called "ETOGAS", who built the CO2-to-Substitute, or Synthetic, Natural Gas, SNG, Methane plant for Audi:
"As of June 25, 2013, the well-known German automaker, Audi, at a brand-new factory, is using renewable, environmental energy to convert Carbon Dioxide into substitute natural gas Methane".
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http://phys.org/pdf334827714.pdf
We've noted for you that there exist some globally-organized groups focused on the development of artificial photosynthesis technology for the solar light-driven and productive chemical utilization of Carbon Dioxide.
Not well-publicized is the fact that our USDOE has been an active participant in those international groups, as can be learned via:
Solar Energy Innovation | Solar Fuels Instiute; "The SOFI team dreams big. We believe the development of a carbon neutral solar fuel is the greatest energy opportunity of our lifetime. Using just sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water, we can create a clean liquid fuel that could someday power our cars, airplanes, and homes without contributing to climate change"; and:
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United States Patent Application: 0130152596
This will be an overlong, rambling dispatch; and, we apologize for that. But, the point we hope and intend to make herein is one we have often repeated; one which, the sooner it's recognized and accepted, will make our lives in US Coal Country, in the entire United States of America, indeed, in the entire world, better.
Carbon Dioxide, as it arises in only a small way, relative to natural sources of emission, such as the Earth's inexorable processes of planetary volcanism, from our essential use of Coal in the generation of abundant, reliable and truly economical electric power, is a precious, even a vital, resource.
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Our title doesn't adequately summarize the intent or purpose of the West Virginia University technology related to the conversion of Coal into synthetic liquid petroleum we submit to you herein.
In brief, petroleum refining processes, intended to produce liquid hydrocarbon fuels, center on the function of adding Hydrogen to carbonaceous feed stocks, in order to make hydrocarbons; or, conversely, on removing some Carbon from hydro-carbonaceous feed stocks in order to improve the relative Hydrogen-to-Carbon content, again to make useable hydrocarbons.
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