A breakthrough discovery in carbon capture conversion for ethylene production
A team of researchers led by Meenesh Singh at University of Illinois Chicago has discovered a way to convert 100% of carbon dioxide captured from industrial exhaust into ethylene, a key building block for plastic products.
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Tau.Neutrino said:
A breakthrough discovery in carbon capture conversion for ethylene productionA team of researchers led by Meenesh Singh at University of Illinois Chicago has discovered a way to convert 100% of carbon dioxide captured from industrial exhaust into ethylene, a key building block for plastic products.
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Why do we need more plastic products?
roughbarked said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
A breakthrough discovery in carbon capture conversion for ethylene productionA team of researchers led by Meenesh Singh at University of Illinois Chicago has discovered a way to convert 100% of carbon dioxide captured from industrial exhaust into ethylene, a key building block for plastic products.
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Why do we need more plastic products?
The Economy Must Grow
roughbarked said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
A breakthrough discovery in carbon capture conversion for ethylene productionA team of researchers led by Meenesh Singh at University of Illinois Chicago has discovered a way to convert 100% of carbon dioxide captured from industrial exhaust into ethylene, a key building block for plastic products.
more…
Why do we need more plastic products?
Is the product recyclable?
Tau.Neutrino said:
roughbarked said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
A breakthrough discovery in carbon capture conversion for ethylene productionA team of researchers led by Meenesh Singh at University of Illinois Chicago has discovered a way to convert 100% of carbon dioxide captured from industrial exhaust into ethylene, a key building block for plastic products.
more…
Why do we need more plastic products?
Is the product recyclable?
A good question.
Another; Is the product manufacturable and recyclable without creating emissions or pollutants?
roughbarked said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
roughbarked said:Why do we need more plastic products?
Is the product recyclable?
A good question.
Another; Is the product manufacturable and recyclable without creating emissions or pollutants?
They do say they are using solar.
Tau.Neutrino said:
roughbarked said:
Tau.Neutrino said:Is the product recyclable?
A good question.
Another; Is the product manufacturable and recyclable without creating emissions or pollutants?
They do say they are using solar.
More questions…
roughbarked said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
roughbarked said:A good question.
Another; Is the product manufacturable and recyclable without creating emissions or pollutants?
They do say they are using solar.
More questions…
Here’s a solar powered polymer factory, self repairing and self replicating too¡
SCIENCE said:
Here’s a solar powered polymer factory, self repairing and self replicating too¡
Not recyclable. And in a few decades ends up as 100% atmospheric CO2 again.
By “not recyclable”, I mean that trees are incapable of using soil carbon to fuel new growth. As a carbon sink they are nowhere near as good as plastic, which is an actual sink of carbon.
> Their system uses electrolysis to transform captured carbon dioxide gas into high purity ethylene, with other carbon-based fuels and oxygen as byproducts.
Uses a ridiculously large amount of electricity.
mollwollfumble said:
SCIENCE said:
Here’s a solar powered polymer factory, self repairing and self replicating too¡
Not recyclable. And in a few decades ends up as 100% atmospheric CO2 again.
well you’re doin’ it there wrong then, ain’t ya, Pete, or you’d be good for 300 million of them years
