[quote]Audi has begun production of a synthetic diesel fuel made from water, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen. Unlike fossil fuels, which release additional carbon into the atmosphere, Audi’s “e-diesel,” which is being produced at a plant in Dresden in conjunction with the German alternative energy company Sunfire, has a net-zero carbon footprint because it is made with carbon dioxide taken from the air.
The challenge for Audi will be ramping up its fuel from a science project to a commercial success. It seems to have ambitions to do so: it has been pursuing carbon-neutral fuels since 2009, and its partnership with Sunfire is just one of several collaborations with energy companies. [/quote]
One of the biggest issues people always have with alternative energy is giving up their vehicles. I'm no different, I love my V8 4x4 truck. But I also care a lot about trying to save our environment, and this is the best of both worlds. Yay science!
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is the technology to make this even in existence, and if so is it even affordable? while havering to answer these two questions may be a bit of a downer they are necessary. you could hypothetically use water to power your car, but we don't because there isn't a way of currently doing so. I saw something from thunderfoot a while ago about a thorium powered car that used 8g of thorium for over 100 years of fuel, but the design was ludicrous and it used things that didn't exist.