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Research News
A mechanical engineering professor and the co-director of the Precourt Institute for Energy says turning CO2 into oil at a cost of $2/gallon would change the energy game.
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Arun Majumdar: What is the biggest challenge of the 21st-century?
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A mechanical engineering professor and the co-director of the Precourt Institute for Energy says turning CO2 into oil at a cost of $2/gallon would change the energy game.
According to Arun Majumdar, co-director of Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy and vice chair of the U.S. Secretary of Energy’s advisory board, what could “change the ball game” from our reliance on fossil fuels is to turn CO2 into oil at a cost of $2/gallon. This is extremely challenging. “A lot of people think this is impossible,” says Majumdar, “but it’s not!
Monday, June 6, 2016