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New York Startup Builds Fridge-Sized Machine That Can Turn Air Into Gasoline
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this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2026
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No it's not a good idea.
It's extremely inefficent compared to just using elecricity directly for whatever you're planning to do with it.
The extension cord won't reach my Airbus
Still a good idea for specific cases though. An example from current news close to me: We have line ships on lake Zürich that can't be electrified because either they are too old to sustain a major internal rework or, for some, they can't carry the battery weight.
For a case like that I'd prefer if they put some CO2 capture stations up to keep running the ships rather than scrapping them prematurely.
... if the capture stations work, that is. Can't trust the word of a startup too much.