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		xigma on July 27, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ten years left to redesign lithium-ion batteries? This is also exactly what is holding back synthetic fuels from becoming profitable. Fossil fuels will eventually lose out over synthetic fuels, but not until prices rise substantially.

jessaustin on July 27, 2018 [–]

How are "synthetic fuels" produced? If it's anything like synthetic lubricants, it's still fossil fuels, just with more energy-intensive processing.

xigma on July 27, 2018 | [–]

From a theoretical standpoint, virtually any source of carbon could be used, you could even make it out of the carbon already in the atmosphere:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-carbon/scie...

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