It seems the US Navy has discovered how to turn seawater into fuel!! Say what?!
Yes, they have. The process takes carbon and hydrogen from seawater and recombines them, essentially re-burning the carbon that's already in the oceans. It will recycle the CO2 we have already put into the oceans.
Using an innovative and proprietary NRL electrolytic cation exchange module (E-CEM), both dissolved and bound CO2 are removed from seawater at 92 percent efficiency by re-equilibrating carbonate and bicarbonate to CO2 and simultaneously producing H2. The gases are then converted to liquid hydrocarbons by a metal catalyst in a reactor system.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/...
Granted, this technology is in it's infancy and has a long way to go before becoming a viable source of fuel, but it may be the answer to much of the energy and political problems we face.
I'll leave the scientists and techs here to do a thorough read through and discuss what they think of this breakthrough.
http://www.ibtimes.com/...