Air Vodka is made of greenhouse gas emissions \u2013 specifically, captured carbon dioxide.
The Air Company is backed by Toyota Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Parley for the Oceans and Carbon Direct Capital Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Bathtub Gin, a reinvented speakeasy in lower Manhattan, patrons may be pining for the past but they are drinking a vodka specifically invented for a cleaner future. Air Vodka is made in part from greenhouse gas emissions \u2013 specifically, captured carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is just one of a bevy of new products designed to make use of CO2 emissions that can be captured from various types of industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe work with partners that capture that carbon dioxide before it\u2019s emitted into the atmosphere, and then we use that CO2 in our process in creating the alcohols that we create,\u201d said Gregory Constantine, Co-founder and CEO of Air Company, which is also producing perfume and hand sanitizer from those emissions. \u201cIt\u2019s obviously far better for the planet in that we\u2019re removing CO2 for every bottle that we\u2019re creating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Distilling alcohol the old fashioned way not only releases its emissions, but it uses a lot of water \u2014 about 35 liters of water to make one liter of distillate. Air Vodka is made of just two ingredients, CO2 and water. It separates hydrogen out of the water through electrolysis, releasing the oxygen. The hydrogen is then fed into a \u201ccarbon conversion reactor\u201d system with the captured CO2. That creates ethanol which, when combined with water, becomes a type of vodka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The scientific process in the Air Company\u2019s laboratories is valuable to the environment, but the results are not cheap. The three-year-old start-up\u2019s vodka is a luxury brand, costing about $65 bottle. But at Bathtub Gin, the vodka is getting high praise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOnce we tell them, \u2019hey, this is how it\u2019s made and it\u2019s got a negative carbon footprint, all those really beautiful things, is what happens to make them want it even more. And then they go looking for [it[, going, \u2018where can we get it?\u2019\u201d said Brendan Bartley, beverage director and head bartender at Bathtub Gin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company\u2019s sights are set beyond just vodka and perfume. Constantine said he expects to offer new products made of CO2 as it opens its third production facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVodka for us is really a gateway towards all the other products and then the industrial applications of where our technology can go,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carbon capture is fast becoming big business, as companies look not just to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but to keep necessary emissions from getting into the atmosphere. Captured carbon is being used to make everything from vodka to eyeglasses, laundry detergent, Coca Cola and even jet fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Air Company is backed by Toyota Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Parley for the Oceans and Carbon Direct Capital Management. It has raised just over $40 million to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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