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Scientists Accidentally Discover Efficient Process to Turn CO2 Into Ethanol[^]
Quote: The process is cheap, efficient, and scalable, meaning it could soon be used to remove large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere.
Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have discovered a chemical reaction to turn CO2 into ethanol, potentially creating a new technology to help avert climate change. Their findings were published in the journal ChemistrySelect.
Excellent. Now we can spew vast amounts...
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I already knew that, funny it took scientists this long.
Step one, grow sugar canes...
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Well, I think their process is a bit quicker than that.
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Pff, details.
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As slow as the 'sugar cane->yeast->distillation->alcohol' process is, it is very simple, has been implemented in all parts of the world and produces a useful by product, Mojito!
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- Grow grape vines
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOzExcellent. Now we can spew vast amounts..
And for precisely that reason the enviro-nazis and globalists wont accept it.
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Ethanol.
That would be the primary constituent in vodka, gin, etc., wouldn't it?
Heaven on Earth!
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And for that reason the govt will quash it and just raise taxes....
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Depends on what kind of ethanol...
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Ethanol, known also as ethyl alcohol, has the chemical formula C2-H6-O.
There are other kinds of alcohol such as methyl alcohol, etc. however, ethanol is the drinkable alcohol.
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Thanx fer duh ejumacayshun. Drinkable and palatable are two different things. But ok.
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You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Ethanol is a colourless tasteless liquid.
Vodka and gin are examples of almost pure ethanol. Gin is flavoured with juniper berries I believe but Nagy Vilmos should be the authority on that. Palatability of whiskey and wine are due to various contaminants/components found in them which also contribute to the hangover.
Methanol is not drinkable because it is actually poisonous. Hundreds die every year from methanol poisoning in poorer countries such as India, Bangladesh, Philippines, etc., from poorly made country liquor in which methanol is a constituent.
Other alcohols such as iso-propyl alcohol are used for external use only. Isopropyl alcohol is sold in the US as 'rubbing alcohol'.
Check out this link for types of alcohols and their effects on the human body:
Google[^]
modified 19-Oct-16 23:17pm.
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Vivic wrote: Ethanol is a colourless tasteless liquid.
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Palatability of whiskey and wine are due to various contaminants/components found in them
Yes, and I'm sure the "distilation" process of turning CO2 into ethanol will produce absolutely no contaminants.
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You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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If they're successful, we just might see large-scale carbon capture using this technique in the near future.
Except what do you with the ethanol. Why, you burn it, creating CO2 again!
(Well, I guess, reading the other post, you can drink it. Maybe that's how we scrub the atmosphere of carbon. 6 billion drunkards!)
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: Why, you burn it, creating CO2 again!
And then reconvert that into ethanol! Presto! Perpetual Energy Machine! 
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The Justice Department is becoming increasingly desperate when it comes to unlocking smartphones that come with full-disk encryption. "From my cold, dead hands" Oh. wait.
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well, if you're dead, you won't care anymore.
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You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Bloody bright idea to replace a password with something as easily accesible as a fingerprint.
..now why aren't they that worried that they can't access our online email?
Exactly. 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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The reason for the apparently erroneous result when comparing an unsigned int to a signed one is due to the convoluted type conversion rules inherited from C regarding unsigned/signed types. Don't be so negative
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Kent Sharkey wrote: convoluted [...] rules inherited from C
I stopped reading after that. C language may be everything, but not convoluted. C code on the other way...
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We really should be using distinct types for many more things. Signed/Unsigned, Units of Measurement, and many more would be vastly safer in the presence of good type checking.
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I read that article earlier this morning and my first thought was "duh". The second was that the entire article was really lame since the solution is to turn on warnings (and pay attention to them.)
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