Eli5 of we can make lab diamonds on a large scale why can’t we do the same for oil and gas.
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We can but it’s still cheaper to just get oil out of the ground. Moreover, it’s more profitable to direct lab-made hydrocarbons to all the other users of oil products that aren’t fuel (perfumes and beauty products, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and herbicides, plastics and various other chemicals).
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