The theory is that sodium can be used as a fuel when combusted with air, producing a cloud of sodium hydroxide which apparently can have a cooling effect if enough of it is kicking around the ...

When mixed with water, sodium reacts spectacularly. The combination produces sodium hydroxide ... meaning they could be used to "scrub" the greenhouse gas from fossil fuel power plant emissions.

This matters because the technique uses electricity for ... with a methanol reactor and miniature gasoline refining system in another. Air is blown into a sodium hydroxide mist, snagging CO ...