Naked Scientists Special Editions Podcast
Methane to Methanol
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:04:25
- More information
Informações:
Synopsis
Methane is 20 times worse than C02 as a greenhouse gas, so when it's created as a byproduct in oil rigs it's burned. This is better than releasing the methane into the atmosphere but it's not an ideal solution as it creates more C02. Jeroen Van Bokhoven and his team at ETH Zurich have found a new way to convert the methane into something cleaner, and a bit more useful. Tom Crawford found out what it's being turned it into Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists