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 absolutely can. Problem is, even at a100% efficiency, we’d only get out the same energy that we put in.

Say it takes 50kw to make a gallon of synthetic gasoline. If you burned it to make power, at most you’d get 50kw out