Engineers have developed a new technique for utilizing CO2 waste

Excess industrial carbon dioxide can be used as a raw material for producing chemicals that are usually derived from fossil fuels, but the process used for this conversion is expensive and energy-intensive. Engineers at the University of Illinois may have now come up with a solution to convert CO2 waste into valuable resources without using as much energy. The researchers have tested a new electrolysis technology that uses a cheap biofuel byproduct to reduce the energy consumption of the waste-to-value process by 53 percent. Using a technique …