no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2010 carbon sciences type public traded as otc pink cabn industry gas to liquids founded nevada august 25 2006 2006 08 25 1 headquarters santa barbara california 1 key people byron elton president and ceo 2 naveed aslam cto number of employees 3 website carbonsciences.com carbon sciences is a public corporation based in santa barbara . the company was founded in 2006 and incorporated as zingerang inc. originally the company was involved in mobile communication but has since switched to developing co2 to fuel technology . calcium carbonate caco3 was briefly looked at as another end product of co2 recycling . 3 on april 2 2007 the name was changed to carbon sciences inc. 1 their process differs from other projects in that it does not utilize high pressure or high temperature . this would be a significant advantage when trying to scale the technology up to commercial production . 4 contents 1 technology 2 see also 3 references 4 external links technology edit byron elton the ceo and president of carbon sciences explained in a report with newsweek that they are in the developmental stages of a carbon recycling technology that involves capturing the greenhouse gas co2 and transforming it into gasoline jet fuel diesel fuel methanol propane and butane . the main process involves taking the oxygen molecules out of water and carbon dioxide in a biocatalytic process . the remaining carbon monoxide and hydrogen are then combined to make basic hydrocarbons using the fischer tropsch process . these hydrocarbons are then transformed into a variety of fuels . in the early stages of the technology the process required pure carbon dioxide and pure water . however updates to the technology will allow it to be placed at the output of a large emitter such as a power plant where many other elements and compounds are present . 5 6 7 their catalyst was developed in partnership with the university of saskatchewan . if the methane is obtained from a landfill the process would completely utilize recycled compounds . 8 the end product would be much cleaner than natural fuels because it would not contain smog causing air pollutants . an application has been sent in for funding from the department of energy under the category innovative concepts for beneficial uses of co2 and a patent application has been submitted to the united states patent and trademark office . 5 similar technology is also being developed at the sandia national laboratories and at a joint venture between uop llc and the university of southern california . 9 robert boyce an editor for the new york times challenged the wisdom of carbon capture asserting that is an energy intensive process and unlike natural gas carbon dioxide is a worthless waste product . 10 elton responded with a letter that was published in both the print and online versions of the newspaper . in the letter he states the problem with c.c.s. is not the c.c. carbon capture but the s. storage . c.c.r. on the other hand carbon capture and recycling is a terrific bet on carbon . he also added our co2 based technology is a radical departure from conventional gtl processes . we anticipate we will significantly reduce capital costs and be co2 negative two major current challenges . 11 after carbon sciences announced successful testing of their catalyst ariel schwartz pointed out that until the project can be tested outside of a lab setting it is still a big if . 12 see also edit carbon capture and storage carbon sequestration carbon dioxide removal global warming energy policy of the united states references edit a b c cabn profile carbon sciences inc profile . marketwatch . retrieved 2009 08 17 . carbon sciences about . carbon sciences . retrieved 2009 08 17 . green hank . carbon sciences may save the world with chalk . ecogeek.org . retrieved 2010 01 21 . knight matthew 2008 10 09 . turning carbon dioxide into fuel . cnn . retrieved 2010 01 21 . a b gluck robert . carbon sciences inc. uses synthetic biology to accelerate co2 to fuel technology . energy boom . retrieved 2010 01 19 . carbon sciences technology . carbon sciences . retrieved 2009 08 17 . carbon sciences applications the carbon sciences effect . carbon sciences . retrieved 2009 08 17 . lamonica martin . carbon sciences claims progress in fuel from c02 . cnet . retrieved 2011 01 06 . sibley lisa . carbon sciences eyes china for its co2 to fuel technology . clean tech group . retrieved 2010 07 30 . boyce robert 2010 05 12 . a bad bet on carbon . the new york times . retrieved 2010 07 28 . the challenge of capturing carbon . the new york times . 2010 05 20 . retrieved 2010 07 28 . schwartz ariel . carbon sciences moves closer to turning co2 into gasoline . fast company . retrieved 2010 11 30 . external links edit carbon sciences homepage deperatment of energy retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w 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