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lumberjack_jeff

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3. I apparently am missing the point.

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Mon Dec 7, 2015, 05:03 PM

Dec 2015

Assuming you could catalyze CO2 and capture the CO, then burn it...

... doesn't CO oxidize as CO2?

In fact, Catalytic converters work by combining unburned HC + CO (smog) + O2 ----> CO2 + H2O

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Could on-vehicle CO2 catalysis cut down on global warming? [View all] jmowreader Dec 2015 OP

Because of thermodynamics. jeff47 Dec 2015 #1

So exhaust heat wouldn't be enough to activate a catalyst? jmowreader Dec 2015 #2

Catalysts aren't things that get "activated". jeff47 Dec 2015 #5

I'm not thinking about cutting fuel consumption here jmowreader Dec 2015 #7

If you aren't cutting fuel consumption, you're producing more CO2. jeff47 Dec 2015 #10

I apparently am missing the point. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2015 #3

Of course it does jmowreader Dec 2015 #9

*slow blink* n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2015 #11

In case you're not joking, Edim Dec 2015 #4

I'd be rather concerned abot CO leaks into the vehicle KamaAina Dec 2015 #6

I thought about that...putting the reactor in the engine compartment would help jmowreader Dec 2015 #8

Perpetual Motion? One_Life_To_Give Dec 2015 #12