A recent news report in the UK claimed a breakthrough in making a petrol equivalent from carbon dioxide and water:
A small British company has produced the first "petrol from air" using a revolutionary technology that promises to solve the energy crisis as well as helping to curb global warming by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
It sounds like the news reports are over-hyping it a little (and I'm not sure it is that new), so what is the real chemistry behind it? What are the key reactions and how much input energy is required?
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