fischer-tropsch

As most of the energy in the fischer-tropsch process is heat you can use concentrated solar just as easily.

Making long chain hydrocarbons through a process like the Fischer-Tropsch one is fairly straight forward if you have the energy.

It turns out that existing artificial proceses might already get close to this via electrolysis, carbon separation from seawater,and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.

Sabatier process and Fischer-Tropsch process will both create fuels (gas and liquid, respectively), given a hydrogen and carbon feedstock, and input energy.

The Fischer-Tropsch reaction is pretty low in energy demand, or net positive.

I do believe Fischer-Tropsch could play a part on the solution, and this new technique would be even better at it.

Natural gas-derived (steam reforming) and coal-derived (Fischer-Tropsch or Karrick) Jet A are already possible and much more scalable than oil-derived, just more expensive for now.

There's also the fact that renewable energy can produce liquid or gas fuels via the Sabatier process (resulting in natural gas) or Fischer-Tropsch fuel synthesis (liquids).

Liquid hydrocarbon fuels synthesis via Fischer-Tropsch, Sabatier process, or similar processes looks potentially viable, and water as a feedstock for both hydrogen and carbon seems tractable.

Providing yet another alternative to acquiring long chain hydrocarbons that are more cost effective to create than using a nuclear reactor connected to a Fischer-Tropsch reactor.

• It utilizes two very-well established and understood principles: electrolysis and Fischer-Tropsch process fuel synthesis.

Sure, you've got Fischer-Tropsch, the Sabatier reaction, and other solid-to-liquid, gas-to-liquid, and fuel synthesis processes.