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   JAB  wrote:   
      
   > An electrifying new ironmaking method could slash carbon emissions   
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   > By extracting metallic iron without producing carbon dioxide, the new   
   > process could even be carbon negative, at least for part of the   
   > world's iron production   
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   > Making iron, the main ingredient of steel, takes a toll on Earth's   
   > delicate atmosphere, producing 8% of all global greenhouse gas   
   > emissions. Now, a team of chemists has come up with a way to make the   
   > business much more eco-friendly. By using electricity to convert iron   
   > ore and salt water into metallic iron and other industrially useful   
   > chemicals, researchers report today in Joule that their approach is   
   > cost effective, works well with electricity provided by wind and solar   
   > farms, and could even be carbon negative, consuming more carbon   
   > dioxide (CO2) than it produces.   
   >   
   > "It's a very clever approach," says Karthish Manthiram, a chemical   
   > engineer at the California Institute of Technology who was not   
   > involved with the study. He notes that the process has other   
   > advantages, including working at a low temperature, and being amenable   
   > to working with intermittent renewable electricity. "It checks all the   
   > boxes."   
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   Nice, I hope it turns out to be commercially viable.   
      
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