Making Methane from CO2: Carbon Capture Grows More Affordable

https://www.pnnl.gov/news-media/making-methane-co2-carbon-capture-grows-more-affordable

"new method reduces the materials needed to run the reaction, the energy needed to fuel it and, ultimately, the selling price of the gas"

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