Here’s what Obama was talking about when he referred to solar liquid fuels in the State of the Union address last night.

So Obama wants to convert sunlight into liquid fuel. It was a passing reference in the State of the Union address last night (he highlighted same the technology in his 2011 address). If scientists can figure out how to do this, he said, it could “unleash new jobs.”

Currently there are three main ways to use solar power to propel cars and airplanes now, but they all have problems:

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