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Synthesizing it from organic waste is possible today. It is mostly a question of efficiency.
by the8472 9y ago
Synthesizing it from organic waste is possible today. It is mostly a question of efficiency.
- astrodust 9y agoWith really inexpensive electricity it would be trivial to manufacture synthetic hydrocarbons, or even reprocess existing stock into new forms. The biggest barrier today is that it's more energy efficient to dig up new oil than to make it.
- rm_-rf_slash 9y agoBill Nye lamented in his book "Unstoppable" that while he invested in a company that created synthetic hydrocarbons from algae, the company found the margins to be too thin for typical fuels like methane or gasoline, but were highly profitable for long chain hydrocarbons used in applications such as makeup.