From the information given, there’s no way to know whether this can go into mass production. But if electricity can be converted into gasoline with reasonable efficiency, then nuclear energy will fill up our gas tanks. If cold fusion can be made practical, even better.
That should be all anyone needs to know in order to make a reasonable conclusion regarding this process. It will most likely take 100 bucks worth of electricity to produce an ounce of fuel.
I hope I'm wrong, but so far, history has shown us a 100% accuracy rate of pessimistic observations regarding any such magical energy production methods.
The £1.1m project, in development for the past two years
Five liters in three months, at a cost of 1.1 MILLION British Pounds.... what a bargain. So you use enough energy to power how many cities to produce this fuel in limited quantities... Don't let Obama hear- he will sink US Taxpayer $$$ into it...
Pretty clear to me that the vast majority of posters here are missing the point. Ah never mind....
“While the technology has the backing of Britain’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers, it has yet to capture the interest of major oil companies”.
Possibly because they need more than a few tons of petrol.
Yeh -- as long as the air is over a dairy farm or a Mexican burrito wagon at lunchtime.
Produced 6 liters of petrol in 3 months? And I apparently missed the part where they mentioned how many thousand pounds it cost per liter to produce! Right up there with Solyndra, et al!
WOW! That could power my nephew's moped for a whole....week.
How long before global warming fanatics start blaming this technology for causing global cooling because the atmosphere is being depleted of carbon dioxide.