3 ms·
The energy you get from burning gasoline is about as much as the energy cost of creating it. It's not a complex organism like an egg. https://www.scientificame
by alisonkisk 5y ago
The energy you get from burning gasoline is about as much as the energy cost of creating it. It's not a complex organism like an egg.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/turning-carbon-dioxide-back-into-fuel/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/turning-carbon-di...
The only reason it's not done is because already made gasoline is cheaper.
- jeffbee 5y agoThat whole article is about how even with zero-cost energy it would still be double the expense of fossil fuels. Nobody doubts that you can make liquid fuels from solar energy and atmospheric CO2 … that is a plant’s life. The problem is it’s hilariously inefficient.