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THE NEW FUELS WITH MAGNECULAR STRUCTURE 15<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r factors, as well as <strong>the</strong> expected end of <strong>the</strong> petroleum reserves. This need<br />

is addressed in this book. The need <strong>for</strong> <strong>fuels</strong> <strong>with</strong> a <strong>new</strong> chemical <strong>structure</strong> is<br />

set by <strong>the</strong> impossibility <strong>for</strong> all available <strong>fuels</strong>, those <strong>with</strong> conventional molecular<br />

<strong>structure</strong>, to achieve full combustion. This need is addressed in this book.<br />

1.5 Removing Carbon Dioxide from our Atmosphere<br />

and Car Exhaust<br />

Nowadays, we have in our atmosphere a large excess CO 2 estimated to be<br />

from 100 to 300 times <strong>the</strong> CO 2 percentage existing at <strong>the</strong> beginning of <strong>the</strong> 20-th<br />

century, which excess is responsible <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> “global worming” and consequential<br />

devastating climactic events.<br />

A typical illustration is given by <strong>the</strong> Gulf of Mexico whose waters have reached<br />

in August, 2005, such a high temperature (95 ◦ F) to kill dolphins and o<strong>the</strong>r marine<br />

species. This sad environmental problem is due to <strong>the</strong> fact that CO 2 is heavier<br />

than any o<strong>the</strong>r gas in <strong>the</strong> atmosphere, thus <strong>for</strong>ming a layer on <strong>the</strong> top of <strong>the</strong><br />

water that traps Sun light, <strong>with</strong> <strong>the</strong> resulting increase of water temperature.<br />

All predictions establish that <strong>the</strong> current rate of CO 2 release in our atmosphere<br />

will eventually cause <strong>the</strong> water of <strong>the</strong> Gulf of Mexico to reach in <strong>the</strong> summer a<br />

steaming state, <strong>with</strong> consequential impossibility to sustain life, <strong>the</strong> only debatable<br />

aspect being <strong>the</strong> time of <strong>the</strong>se lethal conditions in <strong>the</strong> absence of corrective action.<br />

The only possible, rational solution of <strong>the</strong> problem is <strong>the</strong> removal of CO 2 from<br />

our atmosphere via molecular filtration or o<strong>the</strong>r methods and its processing into<br />

noncontaminant gases.<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r solutions, such as <strong>the</strong> pumping of CO 2 underground jointly <strong>with</strong> petroleum<br />

production as adopted by <strong>the</strong> petroleum company StatOil in Norway and o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

companies, are definitely unacceptable on environmental grounds because of <strong>the</strong><br />

risk that <strong>the</strong> green house gas may resurface at some future time <strong>with</strong> catastrophic<br />

consequences. In fact, being a gas under very high pressure when under grounds,<br />

it is only a question of time <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> CO 2 to find its way back to <strong>the</strong> surface. 8<br />

The technology <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> molecular separation of CO 2 from our atmosphere is old<br />

and well established, thus requiring <strong>the</strong> construction of equipment in large sizes<br />

and numbers <strong>for</strong> installation in a sufficient number of location to yield appreciable<br />

results.<br />

8 In reality, petroleum companies pump CO 2 underground to increase <strong>the</strong> pressure of release of near-by<br />

crude oil, and certainly not to help <strong>the</strong> environment.

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