• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This new technology is based on carbon capture and utilization (CCU)

    Oh, so it’s bullshit.

    “The biological process operates at much lower temperatures, and our microbes are resistant to the other gases in the flue gases. But microorganisms need hydrogen for their process, which we get via electrolysis."

    Oh, so this is going to increase CO2 output by using up even more energy. Yep. Bullshit.

    Notice they also don’t say what this sustainable fuel is. Because I’m guessing, what with it being literally created from carbon, it’s not the fuel we want to be using in the first place.

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      3 months ago

      Near the end of the article it says that methane is one of the products from the microorganisms. Seems kind of counterproductive. Not only would burning methane release CO2, but methane itself is one of the worst greenhouse gases.