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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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 and there’s various methods to make various oil components/analogs.

but oil/gas are primarily used as an energy source, and making them uses more energy than you can get out.

if you use a different energy source (eg nuclear reactors) you can make synthetic fuels to use in vehicles (eg instead of batteries for cars).

but natural oil is cheaper for now so nobody does it besides a few prototype plants