Scientists discover a way to use CO2 as fuel | trends

A group of scientists from different countries found a way to use carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) as a fuel.

In this way, not only can it alleviate a problem that has been threatening our planet for years, but also increase the production of fuel "non-fossil" origin and therefore non-polluting .

The discovery, published in the latest issue of the scientific journal Applied Catalysis B: Environmental has, according to officials, a huge potential for decontamination.

"Our work aims to take advantage of the CO2 emitted into the atmosphere and with it produced methane that can be reused as synthetic natural gas Our data confirm that With this method we can produce 5 times more fuel than before ", Francisco Gracia, of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of Chile,

tries to develop" a device compact, similar to the catalytic converters of gasoline vehicles. , which can be installed in boiler fireplaces or thermoelectric power plants to reduce CO2 emissions, taking advantage of it as an energy raw material, "said Gracia.