Quick summary: "Given sources of Carbon and Hydrogen plus massive energy inputs, you can synthesize hydrocarbons!"
I feel like the headlines always try to pretend you're getting energy out of the CO₂ rather than putting energy into a hydrocarbon energy storage chemical.
Question of course is economics of converting some (hopefully clean-ish) energy into stored hydrocarbon chemical bond energy and then combusting it in a vehicle vs. just digging up hydrocarbons and combusting them.
I feel like the headlines always try to pretend you're getting energy out of the CO₂ rather than putting energy into a hydrocarbon energy storage chemical.
Question of course is economics of converting some (hopefully clean-ish) energy into stored hydrocarbon chemical bond energy and then combusting it in a vehicle vs. just digging up hydrocarbons and combusting them.