John, John, John.  Not so fast.  The process requires hydrolysis of water to provide the necessary hydrogen, a high energy demand reaction.  We are talking about serious energy inputs above the energy storage in the fuel.  While it may be a way to produce fuel, the energy it consumes could be more readily used directly for other applications much more profitably, methinks.  mcneely

---- John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Recently, the Germans have developed a solar system to convert water and
> CO2 to 80 liters of diesel fuel per day. If you have a diesel van this
> could be a real boon. Thats approximately 20 gallons of diesel fuel per
> day! Given the additional mileage you get with a diesel the could be a
> wallet saver. You could run around a week on one days solar production,
> building a daily reserve of 20 gallons a day. By weeks end there would be
> enough for a serious trip and other things. Anyone looked into this?
>
> John

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David McNeely