Is it plausible to create oil from the CO2 in our atmosphere? jim_m seems to think so. He suggests creating huge amounts of oil, thus taking copious amounts of CO2 out of the atmosphere. He goes on to suggest we pump this oil back into the ground.

I will reserve my thoughts about this.

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What - snake oil? 17% 3 Votes

No. %26quot;Oil%26quot; is a blanket term for long-chain complexes of hydrogen , carbon and other elements. CO2 contains only two of these elements. While it is possible to synthesize many of the more complex sub-components, it is not possible to make some of these without the use of chemical mediators (other chemicals) in lieu of existing crude oil.

Also, no way is even a portion of this affordable. You gotta pay people to make the stuff, build the cracking units (heat and pressure make up a large portion of the physical manipulation of crude to separate out components of useful finished products), and power the unit itself. Economies of scale is also an issue. chem minor in college. 0% 0 Votes

It is possible to take CO2 emitted from power plants and industries bubble into vats that grow algae. The algae will capture the CO2 and convert it into organic material via photosynthesis, and this can be converted to fuel. 11% 2 Votes

Yes, but it is too expensive now... 0% 0 Votes

Anything is possible if you smoke some weed! 0% 0 Votes