太阳能可以为汽车提供燃料

一位美国的调查员说：“大气中的二氧化碳可以被利用并能很快转化成汽车的燃料”

每日电讯报的记者星期五报告，以太阳能技术可以被用于“进行光合作用”碳氢燃料的车辆上，交通工具可以在没有重大的修改情况下可以运营。

太阳能反应器可以吸收二氧化碳并转化成一氧化碳并且也可以把水分解成氢和氧。

可以利用催化剂去形成碳氢燃料，利用熟知的费托合成技术去完成转化。

在新墨西哥，苏黎世，瑞士都已经用太阳能反应器进行了测试。

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could soon be used to create fuel to drive the word's cars and trucks, a U.S. researcher says.

Solar-powered technology could be used to "photosynthesize" hydrocarbon fuels that present-day vehicles could run on without major modifications, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

Solar reactors can take carbon dioxide and turn it into carbon monoxide and can also turn water into hydrogen and oxygen.

The results can react with a catalyst to form hydrocarbon fuels, in a technique known as the Fischer-Tropsch process.

Tests have been conducted with solar reactors in New Mexico and Zurich, Switzerland. Using solar energy to create usable fuel is a possible way to satisfy the world's energy demands while minimizing carbon emissions, Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution told Britain's New Scientist magazine.

"This area holds out the promise for technologies that can produce large amounts of carbon-neutral power at affordable prices, which can be used where and when that power is needed," he said.