Porsche Forms Partnership To Open Factory That Will Produce Gasoline Without Oil

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Porsche Strives To Make ‘e-fuel’ Carbon-Neutral Or Directly – A Kind Of Gasoline Without Petroleum

Porsche has no plans to make an electric version of its iconic sports cars, but instead aims to develop a new gasoline without the need for petroleum.

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Porsche’s answer: Carbon-Neutral “Synthetic” Gasoline, meaning without petroleum in its composition, which could fuel gas engines in any car, not just Porsches.

Through a new pilot project that the German high-performance car manufacturer announced on Wednesday, windmills in Chile would provide electricity to transform water into hydrogen and oxygen fuel. As part of the same process, carbon dioxide would be filtered from the air. Hydrogen and carbon dioxide would be combined to form methane, to be reformulated as a substitute for petroleum-based gasoline. Since the carbon dioxide was already in the air, the resultant emissions from the exhaust pipe would not add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.

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Porsche Aims For Great Future Goals With Its New Gasoline

Porsche’s goal with its new petroleum-free gasoline is to “show what is technically possible,” said Michael Steiner, head of research and development at Porsche, so that the so-called e-gas can be sampled by drivers and evaluated by regulators as governments crack down on greenhouse gas emissions to tackle climate change. The location in Chile was chosen because it offers quite stable and reliable wind.

The underlying technologies for Porsche’s project have already been proven and well understood. Water has been transformed into hydrogen and oxygen for decades through the process of electrolysis. Engineers have decades of experience in turning methane into gasoline-like fuel as well. The increased capacity of solar and wind energy makes a carbon-neutral process possible.

Porsche Forms Partnership To Open Factory That Will Produce Gasoline Without Oil

Porsche Strives To Make ‘e-fuel’ Carbon-Neutral Or Directly – A Kind Of Gasoline Without Petroleum

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Porsche Forms Partnership To Open Factory That Will Produce Gasoline Without Oil

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A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

China is building an artificial island in the middle of the sea, covering 20 km², to construct the largest offshore airport in the world, the Dalian Jinzhouwan. This $4.3 billion project is anchored on more than 3,000 pillars embedded in the rock beneath the ocean and is scheduled to open in 2035.

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