In a move straight out of sci-fi, a startup called SpiralWave has revealed a device that sucks up CO? and spits out fuel — and looks like it belongs in a Halloween lab. It’s a towering column with glowing plasma orbs, designed to zap the greenhouse gases right out of the atmosphere and morph them into methanol. And the creators have bigger plans, hoping to scale it up to clean the air and power your car, all at once. But will this gizmo save the planet, or is it just too much hot air?

Bizarre Device Sucks CO2 From Atmosphere and Turns It Back Into Fuel