Yes, it would seem like it would take acres and acres and acres of solar
panels to produce enough energy to produce 80 L of diesel per day from
water and CO2.

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> David McNeely
>

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