American researchers have successfully developed a process for recovering carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen from seawater, which will then be converted into a liquid fuel that can be used directly.
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) demonstrated the viability of this concept to the end by managing to fly a reduced plane model with synthetic kerosene produced precisely from seawater.
The energy balance is not fabulous, but for storing intermittent energies or obtaining bio-fuel ...
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