– Why can’t we just ‘produce’ gasoline, like synthetically?

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– Why can’t we just ‘produce’ gasoline, like synthetically?

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We are. Porsche opened a facility in Chile where they take CO2 from the atmosphere and hydrogen via water through electrolysis and synthesize the hydrocarbon compound that composes gasoline.

The facility is small and it costs are high, but costs are hoping to go down if they expand their facilities as well as if demand declines via electrification.

It’s going to be impossible to go 100% EV. I’m all-for electrification, but that’s just a fact. Commercial vehicles at the very least still need hydrocarbon fuel to operate.