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AI Reveals a Hidden Chemical Shortcut That Could Turn CO2 Into Fuel

Quote: Scientists used artificial intelligence to uncover nearly 10,000 chemical reactions involved in transforming carbon dioxide into fuels and chemicals, revealing crucial pathways that traditional models had missed. The discovery dramatically improved predictions of CO2 conversion and uncovered a surprising hydrogen reaction that could inspire more efficient catalysts.
Comment: Just AI telling us what we want to hear? CO2 has a very low energy vs CH4 or any other CH multiples used as fuel. To get C to that higher energy level, you have to put the energy in somehow; it does not mysteriously arrive from nowhere. But adding the energy just makes C an energy transfer medium, and a rather inefficient one given the ~35fficiency of internal engines. Copper wires and good batteries are a more efficient energy transfer medium.
Article: https://www.sciencedaily.com//releases/2026/10/261013015758.htm
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Utilities Struggle to Confront Issue of Phantom AI Data Centers

Quote: The Wall Street Journal reports that AIs electricity appetite has buried utilities in requests for grid connections, and many of those requests are never going to turn into actual buildings. Wood Mackenzie, a research firm, puts only 23 percent of disclosed data-center requests in the "high confidence" category. The rest is speculation.
Comment: The expansion means higher rates to pay off construction loans. We pay if the data center never materializes or goes bankrupt the way Character AI is, with an estimated debt of 50 to 100 million. Then there is the law of supply and demand, which will push up the price of the fuels these massive data centers use.
Article: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2026/10/13/utilities-struggle-to-confront-issue-of-phantom-ai-data-centers/
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