Making Car fuel and Plastic from carbon dioxide

ScienceDaily (Mar. 29, 2010) — Researchers from the South West are working on a £1.4 million project that could take carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into car fuel.

The project aims to develop porous materials that can absorb the gas that causes global warming and convert it into chemicals that can be used to make car fuel or plastics in a process powered by renewable solar energy.

The researchers hope that in the future the porous materials could be used to line factory chimneys to take carbon dioxide pollutants from the air, reducing the effects of climate change.

(Submitted by Alex Ross)