[Retracted] An efficient way of producing fuel hydrocarbon from CO 2 and activated water

Abstract

Here we show that petroleum can be formed efficiently at normal temperatures and pressures from carbon dioxide and activated water. The oxygen nano-bubble containing water was treated with TiO 2 catalysis under UV irradiation. The activated water was mixed vigorously with kerosene or light oil and carbon dioxide to form an emulsion. The emulsion gradually separated into a two-phase solution. After phase separation, the volume of kerosene or light oil, depending on which oil was utilized, increased by 5 to 10 %. Both biotic and abiotic oil hypotheses have been proposed to explain the origin of oil on our planet. Supporting the abiotic oil hypothesis, it has been known since 1967 that petroleum could be formed at high temperatures and pressures from inorganic carbon in the form of carbon dioxide with hydrogen or methane. The abiotic origin of petroleum has been reviewed in detail by Glasby, who raises a number of objections, including that there is no direct evidence to date of abiotic petroleum (1). Geologists now consider the abiotic formation of petroleum scientifically unsupported, and they agree that petroleum is formed from organic material (1). However, some argue that the abiotic theory cannot be dismissed because the mainstream theory has yet to be established conclusively (2).