Arcela Unveils Machine That Turns the Air into Gasoline/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/arcela-unveils-machine-that-turns-the-air-into-gasolineAircela demonstrated its compact machine that turns CO2 into gasoline for vehicle use. (Image Credit: Aircela ) New York-based fuels company Aircela built a compact machine capable of collecting carbon dioxide, converting it into clean, usable gasolien-USTelligent Community 12RE: Arcela Unveils Machine That Turns the Air into Gasolinehttps://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/arcela-unveils-machine-that-turns-the-air-into-gasolineSat, 14 Jun 2025 18:42:52 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:0be8f27f-9375-4ece-8153-348f727e18d5DAB0<p>There are devices that can take CO2 and combine it with other hydrocarbons to create useful fuel, but they are expensive and will not get you to a point where you end up with gasoline.</p> <p>The technology is expensive and not cost effective.</p> <p>I suspect this is a scam.</p> <p>I clearly would not invest in anything like this.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=28971&AppID=4&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Arcela Unveils Machine That Turns the Air into Gasolinehttps://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/arcela-unveils-machine-that-turns-the-air-into-gasolineFri, 13 Jun 2025 07:38:11 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:0be8f27f-9375-4ece-8153-348f727e18d5iker460<p>Capturing CO2 and generating H2 from water electrolysis is feasible. Also using both to produce methanol and then gasoline are existing technologies.&nbsp;<br /><br />&nbsp;</p> <p>What I&#39;m not sure about is the economic viability of doing this at home for your own car.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=28971&AppID=4&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Arcela Unveils Machine That Turns the Air into Gasolinehttps://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/arcela-unveils-machine-that-turns-the-air-into-gasolineThu, 12 Jun 2025 08:03:49 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:0be8f27f-9375-4ece-8153-348f727e18d5Fred272<p>I don&#39;t smell gasoline. I smell a scam.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=28971&AppID=4&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">