It's a Gas, Gas, Gas

Poland produces 340 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually. Such an amount can be converted to 280 million tonnes of methanol, and then between 80-120 million tonnes of petrol or diesel oil. That is five times more than Poland currently uses yearly, Professor Dobieslaw Nazimek from the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, southeast Poland, told the daily Nasz Dziennik.

That is still only theory, but, scientists in Lublin have invented a way to make it a success. Currently, the artificial photosynthesis of methanol is being assessed from an economic point of view. If everything will work out, massive production of petrol from carbon dioxide will be possible in about three years, Prof. Nazimek claims.

According to preliminary calculations, an apparatus producing 100 million litres of petrol should cost about 100 million zloty (24.2 million euro), which gives about 1 zloty (0.24 euro) per litre of petrol. The business should pay for itself during the first year of functioning, claims Nazimek.

Source: Polskie Radio