Atlantic Community:Global Must Read Article "Gasoline Made Out of Carbon Dioxide"

Chuck Squatriglia of Wired News reports that researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico have found a way of using sunlight to recycle carbon dioxide and produce fuels like methanol or gasoline. The technology, which could help reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, already works, although large-scale implementation could be a decade or more away. Previously, the idea of recycling carbon dioxide had been considered too difficult and expensive to be worth the effort. However, with oil prices exceeding $100 per barrel and concerns about global warming mounting, researchers are increasingly motivated to investigate carbon recycling, with several teams around the world working on similar approaches. The technology could be 15 to 20 years from viability on an industrial scale. Wired News, January 4, 2008