Post #3236830
2026-06-04 22:19 UTC
The problem is the carbon doesn't want to react. It actually makes great electrode material because it generally does not react. What's needed is an oxidizer like ferrate or permanganate which can oxidize the C (becoming metal), but the electrolysis chemistry will re-generate it again.
This is the part nobody has solved...
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@cjd@pkteerium.xyz 2026-06-04 22:21
What I'd like to do is create a sink for consuming solar energy in the summer. Take charcoal made from hay -> generate methanol and store it. One interesting reaction you can do with methanol is this thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_to_liquids#Methanol_to_gasoline_(MTG)_and_methanol_to_olefins It generates a bunch of heat, so you can run that reaction in the winter and heat the house with it, and the output is *surprisingly* similar to 87 octane gas, given it doesn't involve any kind of fractional distillation.