Produce oil from artificial plants

An oil-like fuel made from artificial leaf technology promises to be one of the main sources of fuel, British experts have said.

Instead of producing organic matter from carbon dioxide as in plants, scientists produce hydrocarbons from artificial leaves, which can replace oil.

This technology has been tried before, but has been a modest success. But a team of scientists at the University of Glasgow recently discovered a process that could be considered groundbreaking, using solar panels to provide the electricity needed for photosynthesis.

Scientists rely on photosynthesis of plants
to create fuel for transportation.

The oils made from artificial plants will be used to store energy, then provide fuel to the means.

GS. Richard Cogdell, lead author of the study, believes that this larger-scale process can make energy harvested from plants a major source of energy in the coming decades.

GS. Cogdell estimates that fuel plants have large reservoirs of bacteria that convert large amounts of fuel. These bacteria will destroy carbon dioxide in the carbon neutral process, and can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The scientists hope to complete the technology in the next two years, and develop a small-scale modeling system in the next five years.

The project is being supported by the British government, with about £ 3 million in funding.