IIRC, methane is a component of natural gas which also other alkanes, e.g. ethane, propane, butane, etc., until they are liquid at ambient temperature such as octane.
I thought Obama wanted to tax hogs & cows for producing methane.
Well yes, but can’t you just pile up some grass clippings and leave them in the sun? Around here we have swamps that do the heavy lifting.
To get 1 liter/hr, you would need 6 Kg of the stuff, spread out in a thin coating (so sunlight could get to it). The guy's angling for a grant. Current solar power is much more efficient.
“Get in on the ground! Only one dollah, fokes! One dollah buys you a share!”
Well dang...I reckon I am filled with them nano tube thingies.
Who knew?
Harry Reid: “nancy we got to figure out how to stimulate it”
Nancy: “yes stimulate it and then tax it”
...split the water molecules inside them into two reactive components -- hydroxide radicals and hydrogen ions. The hydrogen ions combine to form hydrogen gas. The researchers don't yet understand exactly what happens next, but they think that the carbon dioxide also splits to form oxygen and carbon monoxide, which then reacts with gaseous hydrogen to form methane and water. The devices generated roughly 160 microlitres of the hydrocarbons per hour per gram of their titania nanotubes...Titania... that sounds nice and cheap...
added a little nitrogen to their nanotubes and loaded copper and platinum nanoparticles onto the surfaces.Ah! Probably the platinum.