Imagine waking up, strolling to your garage fridge—not for milk, but to grab a fresh gallon of gas brewed overnight from thin air. Aircela’s miracle box promises to suck CO? out of the sky, whip up hydrogen, mash it into methanol, and poof—drop-in gasoline for your car, no oil barons required. Sounds like the ultimate revenge on $5-a-gallon pumps, right? Except it coughs out just one measly gallon a day, guzzles twice the energy it produces, and costs as much as a used Tesla. It’s basically Mad Max meets your overly ambitious solar-panel uncle who still drives a gas-guzzler. Too good to be true? Oh honey, it’s hilariously half-baked.
Intriguing New Machine Turns Air Into Gasoline You Can Put Straight Into Your Car