INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A NYC-based startup that developed technology that extracts carbon dioxide from the air and combines it with water to create vodka has
redirected its entire production capacity toward producing hand sanitizer, every bottle of which will be donated through collaboration with
NYC officials, and potentially to local restaurants who employ delivery personnel providing critical service as social distancing and
isolation measures continue.Air Co
launched its vodka just last year, using a process it developed (which has received awards from NASA and XPrize) that is actually net
It involves pulling around one pound of carbon dioxide from the air which is then combined with water and turned into pure ethanol using
solar-based renewable energy
Ethanol also happens to be the key active ingredient in hand sanitizer, which is generally between 60% and 95% alcohol in its most effective
fulfilling a mission of social good, the startup wanted to find some way to help with community efforts to counter the ongoing coronavirus
the current (ill-advised) panic-buying trends, which see supplies of hand sanitizer sold out or dwindling across major retailers and Amazon
restaurants have had to shut their doors to patrons, leaving delivery services at the forefront of food services here in New York
they plan to keep this up
