Evidentally, carbon dioxide and hydrogen are extracted from seawater. Then a catalytic converter is used to transform the carbon dioxide and hydrogen into a liquid hydrocarbon fuel.
Now here's where I'm scratching my head. Where does the energy come from to do the extraction in the first place? The article is not clear on that. So I'm guessing that it must come from a nuclear reactor aboard an aircraft carrier.
To: Leaning Right
"Where does the energy come from to do the extraction in the first place?"
Deuterium fusion, of the colder variety.
2 posted on
04/07/2014 6:53:20 PM PDT by
Paladin2
To: Leaning Right
They use a reactor fueled, in part, with Unobtanium.
3 posted on
04/07/2014 6:53:31 PM PDT by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: Leaning Right
No it's not nuclear.
What they have is a couple hundred thousand of these things hanging off the sides of the ship which they can tap into...
To: Leaning Right
Dont worry - Zero will outlaw it as threat to environment......
7 posted on
04/07/2014 6:59:03 PM PDT by
njslim
(T)
To: Leaning Right
Tom Cruise is helping the Navy as Tech 49:
8 posted on
04/07/2014 7:03:58 PM PDT by
DTogo
(High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
To: Leaning Right
FWIW,
here is NRL's release.
Here is a 2009 blurb talking about the basic process.
10 posted on
04/07/2014 7:07:08 PM PDT by
markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
To: Leaning Right
Nothing new here. Jethro Bodine invented a pill to do that fifty years ago.
11 posted on
04/07/2014 7:09:24 PM PDT by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: Leaning Right
Solar Powered Dryer.
14 posted on
04/07/2014 7:14:20 PM PDT by
MuttTheHoople
(Nothing is more savage and brutal than justifiably angry Americans. DonÂ’t believe me? Ask the Germa)
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The basic process looks to be a form of the ww2 German synthetic fuels from coal.. however you need a powersource to crack the seawater in to hydrogen and co2 The article says its electrical an electrical at sea they are talking nuclear. Because the logic of this is the Navy does not want the logistics of obtain and transportation liquid fuel...
18 posted on
04/07/2014 7:23:03 PM PDT by
tophat9000
(Are we headed to a Cracker Slacker War?)
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22 posted on
04/07/2014 7:52:01 PM PDT by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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And the contract to develop this new fuel will probably go to an Obama contributor who will admit failure in a few years, but only after spending billions of tax payers dollars.
24 posted on
04/07/2014 8:15:33 PM PDT by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war,and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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“Where does the energy come from to do the extraction in the first place? The article is not clear on that. So I’m guessing that it must come from a nuclear reactor aboard an aircraft carrier.”
Yes. And she’s talking about jet fuel.
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Apparently they’ll use electricity. Still no word on where the electricity comes from.
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