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title: Scientists just accidentally figured out how to turn CO2 into fuel — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/scientists-just-accidentally-figured-out-how-to-turn-co2-into-fuel/
date: 2016-10-20
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# Scientists just accidentally figured out how to turn CO2 into fuel

In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol. Their finding, which involves nanofabrication and catalysis science, was serendipitous.