If this is true, it would be great for the planet and all those Euro freaks driving diesel cars, and just might HELP accelerate USA acceptance of clean diesel:

RAS LAFFAN INDUSTRIAL CITY, Qatar May 16, 2005 — The rat's nest of pipes and columns snaking across the desert harbors a secret process that will use cobalt to turn natural gas into a powerful, clean-burning diesel fuel. By next year, rulers of this tiny desert sheikdom hope, these gas-to-liquids (GTL) reactors under construction will bring in billions of dollars while clearing big city smog belched by trucks and buses.

Petroleum experts who have sniffed vials of gin-clear GTL diesel speak of it with reverence. "It's a beautiful product," says Jim Jensen, a Massachusetts-based energy economist. "The kerosene smells like perfume."

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=760843

Here is a link with a further detailed story:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology...?tw=newsletter

 

What about CO2?