Air Company is an American engineering company, beverage maker, and producer of ethanol products based in Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 2017 by Gregory Constantine and Stafford Sheehan, Air Company’s chief product is vodka made from carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that significantly contributes to climate change, which the process captures and converts to ethanol pure enough for human consumption.

Air Vodka is only made with two ingredients: carbon dioxide (CO2) and water. This is a remarkably simple makeup when considering the typical process of producing vodka, which involves the fermentation of any foodstuff containing sugar or starch and distillation of the product to increase the alcohol content.

The new vodka from Air Company has a different production method. The startup has its own patented distillation system that runs on renewable solar electricity.

This system takes CO2 from the air and turns it into pure ethanol for the vodka. For every bottle of Air Vodka produced, a pound of the greenhouse gas is removed, thus making it the world’s first carbon-negative spirit, according to the company.

The carbon-negative vodka comes in a 750ml bottle. Though pricing depends on the availability and the merchant, Air Company’s website offers a range of $65 to $74.99 per bottle.

Air Company is also developing its ethanol production process for use in producing other products. This includes working with NASA as part of the CO2 Conversion Challenge to produce glucose for use in space as a food source.

According to forbes.com; en.wikipedia.org. Source of photo: internet