r/science • u/Wagamaga • Aug 06 '20

Chemistry Turning carbon dioxide into liquid fuel. Scientists have discovered a new electrocatalyst that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) and water into ethanol with very high energy efficiency, high selectivity for the desired final product and low cost.

https://www.anl.gov/article/turning-carbon-dioxide-into-liquid-fuel
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u/Hawx74 Aug 06 '20

You just need to realize that these "breakthroughs" just mean "potentially viable in 20+ years if everything works out".

Much of the papers that are posted on reddit are very fundamental so they can't see commercial applications until massive additional amounts of research are done.