– 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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Answer 1

We can, gasoline is just a mixture of hydrocarbons that have specific chemical attributes (octane and Vapor pressure).Through polymerization and hydrogenation of biofuels, you could make an almost identical product.

Your competition is heating up a liquid that readily available (eg refining crude oil). So there isn’t a big cost advantage to this.