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Carbon Dioxide powered?

TransformerRobot
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Is there the possibility carbon dioxide powered engines? Can we get enough of an energy output from CO2?

 

 

Depends on how you are extracting the energy, if you mean similar to the method of compressed air powered cars then yes, if you mean use it to grow plants to make burnable materials then yes, if you mean react it with something else probably not...

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I meant using the CO2 itself as the power-source. How much energy can we get out of a compressed air engine? And could one work with CO2 instead of oxygen?

I meant using the CO2 itself as the power-source. How much energy can we get out of a compressed air engine? And could one work with CO2 instead of oxygen?

 

 

CO2 is relatively inert, I am sure there are ways to react it chemically but I am sure it take more energy to do that than you would get back.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_air_car

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