– Why can’t we just ‘produce’ gasoline, like synthetically?
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Remember that fuels are just stored energy. It must have been put in there first. In the case of petrol, organic matter from plants and such have produced burnable matter through photosynthesis. Essentially it’s stored solar power (that sounds cleaner and more efficient than it is lol.. but that is the principle).
More specifically: Endothermic chemical reactions are reactions that require energy to turn A into B. Photosynthesis is endothermic. It turns CO2 and water into organic matter with the help of solar energy. Turning B back into A is always exothermic: it releases energy when that reaction takes place. That’s what fuel does when ignited.
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