Carbon neutral fuel?

So we want to convert carbon dioxide into a combustible fuel. Which, in turn, when burned, will replace that valuable CO2 in the atmosphere. Why valuable? Well we wouldn't have much to eat without CO2 in the atmosphere would we.

Strangely plants have been performing this very function for millions of years so obviously the tree huggers are correct. We need more trees, and other plants, to soak up all that surplus CO2.

Now since things are somewhat fixed in this world there has always been a lot of carbon about but there was once more than really suited humans so mother nature locked it up in fossil fuels which we have been busily turning into CO2 and putting it back into the atmosphere.

So the answer is obvious, is it not, plant a whole lot of oil producing plants to capture all that excess CO2 in the atmosphere and then turn that plant oil into synthetic fuel. We then burn that synthetic fuel in our car engines and put the CO2 back into the atmosphere to help the plants grow.

I think I could do my bit for this virtuous cycle and happily burn some 95 octane synthetic fuel smile

Peter

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