Partial and total reduction of CO2-emissions of automobiles using CO2-traps

A new hybrid hydrogen/hydrocarbon-driven motor-car is proposed which is equipped with a CO2-trap and which exhibits an energy absorption ability in its storage systems (with respect to their masses) much larger than that of a hydrogen- or battery-powered car. The principal idea is to use light metal hydrides (like MgH2) as energy storage facilities whose metallic atoms not only carry fuel atoms but, if is discharged, also the carbon dioxide from the burned hydrocarbons. In the opinion of the author, a system is presented for the first time which would be able to bind and collect the CO2 of a large number of diffuse CO2-sources for the purpose of its central disposal.