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Mobil's catalyst patented 1975 converts alcohols to gasoline at industrial scale (wikipedia.org)
1 point by 1letterunixname on June 18, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



It's interesting but it probably was more expensive than taking carbon out of the ground, processing it, and then rapidly oxidizing it in the air. I'm just wondering when Mobil's scientists knew climate change was real. ExxonMobil knew in 1977.




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