Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka palaki pepa i hoʻopau ʻia i nā kaʻa e hiki mai i ka wā e hoʻomaikaʻi i kahi kaʻina hana hoʻoneʻe i hoʻomohala ʻia e nā ʻepekema mai Swansea University.
Ua hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohuli i ka mīkini i makemake ʻia i loko o ka hydrogen kahi i hiki ai ke hoʻohana ʻia e holo i kaʻa.
ʻO Kauka Moritz Kuehnel o ke kaona ʻoihana o ke Kulanui o ka University's wehewehe ʻo ia i ka hoʻohui ʻia ʻana o nā mea e pono ai ke kinikini ʻia i ka palani ma mua o ka waiho ʻana i loko o kahi hopena alana a laila e ʻike ʻia i ka pō, e hoʻokumu ana i ka hydrogen.
ʻ saidlelo mai ʻo ia ke hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia kaʻina ma mua o ka hoʻoiho hou ʻana no ka mea hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kahi ʻano kāmela a ʻaʻole pono ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe mua.
"Nui ka nui o nā pepa i hoʻohana ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki - mili kālā o toniliona - a he hapa wale nō ia o ke kuhi ʻia nei. Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e ʻike no kahi hoʻohana ʻana no ka mea ʻaʻole i hana hou ʻia, ”ʻo ia haʻi akulaʻo ia i ka BBC.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hue plastik i hana ʻia mai ka PET [polyethylene terephthalate] hiki ke kiʻi hou ʻia akā ʻaʻole i hoʻopau ʻia a puhi ʻia paha i loko o kahi pae ʻāina.
ʻEhlelo ʻo Kuehnel: “Akā, inā e hana ʻoe iā ia, pono ia i hoʻomaʻemaʻe maoli - no laila ʻo PET wale nō, ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe e hui pū me ia… a pono e maʻemaʻe, ʻaʻohe aila, ʻaʻohe aila.
"Pono, pono ʻoe e holoi i ka mea he nui loa ia, a inā paha ʻoe e hana i kēlā mau mea a pau, ʻo ka palu āu e loaʻa ai, ʻaʻole like ka maikaʻi me ka mea ulana," i hoʻohui ai ʻo ia. “ʻO ka nani o kēia kaʻina, ʻaʻole ia he picky. Hiki ke hōʻino i nā keke pau ʻole.
"ʻOiai inā he meaʻai a i ʻole kēʻe paha o ka ʻaila mai ka pahu margarine, ʻaʻole paʻa ia i ka ʻōmole, e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
"Hoʻopuka ka kaʻina hana i ka mīkini lālani. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā ʻōlehu e hele mai ana mai ka ʻili. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana iā ia, no ka laʻana, e hoʻoheheʻe i kahi kaʻa hydrogen. "
Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻolōʻihi i ka papahana ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o nā ʻoihana e hana paha i nā makahiki i hala.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Kuehnel, ʻo ka hana, ka kālā a ka ʻĀina ʻĀina a me nā ʻĀina noiʻi o ke Pūnaewele a me kahi hui petrochemical Austrian, ua hōʻike pū ʻia i ke ʻano o ke koena o ka palaka i mea e kuhi ʻia ai e hana i ka plastic hou.
Hoʻohana wale ʻia kahi hapa o ka PET no ka hana ʻana i ka hydrogen a me carbon dioxide - i ʻole kekahi mea e lilo i ka neʻe a noho i ka hopena.
':Lelo ʻo ia: "Loaʻa mākou i ka wahie hydrogen a loaʻa mākou i kahi kemika hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohana i ka mīkini hou.
"ʻAʻole mākou e hana i ka pepa piha piha piha, hoʻohana mākou i ka hapalua wale nō o nā mea e hana i ka plastik hou a hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ke koena - kahi wai maʻemaʻe wai piha mai ka palu."
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