Producing Renewable Liquid Fuels from Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

[hutchphd]

And a moment of Vonnegut:

 

[Bystander]

Overdosing on O2

See "Fire Safety Oxygen/Fire Codes;"

Atmospheric O2 was 50% higher 300 Mya:

...for perhaps 10 ms (Schuman resonance), first lightning strike; there might be an argument for 50 % higher atmospheric pressure, but what that might be...

 

[sophiecentaur]

And a moment of Vonnegut:
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I think Vonnegut weathers a lot better than Groucho Marx.

 

[TeethWhitener]

See "Fire Safety Oxygen/Fire Codes;"

...for perhaps 10 ms (Schuman resonance), first lightning strike; there might be an argument for 50 % higher atmospheric pressure, but what that might be...

I guess reading my link was too much to ask, so here’s a picture:

The atmospheric pressure was the same. The fraction of oxygen in the atmosphere was closer to 30% than the current 20%. This is well-established geologically.

 

[sophiecentaur]

The atmospheric pressure was the same. The fraction of oxygen in the atmosphere was closer to 30% than the current 20%. This is well-established geologically.

There is definitely some upper limit to stable atmospheric oxygen proportion, whatever it happens to be.

There has to be a difference between the energy required to lock CO2 away, chemically and producing a fuel with it. I realize it's an attractive idea to combine the two functions in one process but feasibility must be an issue