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4. Things will take time to ramp up

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 07:18 PM

Dec 2012

However, yes, solar and wind (especially solar) can be used to produce H[font size="1"]₂[/font].

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/08/110811-turning-carbon-emissions-into-fuel/

And, yes, you can get usable carbon from CO[font size="1"]₂[/font].
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=splitting-carbon-dioxide

(Of course, you’ll need to put more energy into doing this than you got out of burning the carbon in the first place.)

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Synthetic fuels could eliminate entire U.S. need for crude oil, create 'new economy' [View all] OKIsItJustMe Dec 2012 OP

This is not far-fetched jmowreader Dec 2012 #1

Where do you plan to get the H2? jmowreader Dec 2012 #3

Things will take time to ramp up OKIsItJustMe Dec 2012 #4

Im very inspired by this NoOneMan Dec 2012 #5

Using COAL and NATURAL GAS in addition to biomass happyslug Dec 2012 #7