– 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

Synthetic gas has to be synthesized from something, and that takes more energy than you will get out of it. Oil is sitting in the ground already crammed full of energy, and the energy cost of extracting oil from the ground and then separating out gasoline from that, is small compared to the energy it then provides that you can then use to power machines.