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Letter: Hidden emission

Published 8 June 1996

From John Ford

No doubt the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s electrolytic iron smelter emits no carbon dioxide (Technology, 11 May, p 23). However, your report ignores the CO2 produced in generating the electricity needed for electrolysis (Technology, 11 May, p 23). Or does the vigorous process somehow generate its own electricity?

Southampton

Issue no. 2033 published 8 June 1996

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