Burning Hydrocarbons with by products

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Creating a synthetic hydrocarbon that eliminates harmful byproducts during combustion is highly challenging. Burning hydrocarbons in oxygen will always produce some reaction products, primarily carbon dioxide, which is a significant greenhouse gas. While CO2 is often viewed as harmful, it is thermodynamically a desirable outcome of hydrocarbon combustion. The discussion raises questions about what constitutes harmful byproducts and the feasibility of developing cleaner alternatives. Overall, the consensus is that complete elimination of harmful emissions from hydrocarbon combustion remains unlikely.
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Would it ever be possible to make a synthetic hydrocarbon that wouldn't produce harmful by products.
 
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j0n0x0r said:
Would it ever be possible to make a synthetic hydrocarbon that wouldn't produce harmful by products.

I assume you mean when burned in oxygen. There will always be some product of the reaction. Carbon dioxide seems "harmful" in the sense that it is a greenhouse gas. I don't know what you can burn that won't produce CO2, but I'm no chemist. My question would be what products do you consider harmful?
 
Thermodynamically, CO2 is a desirable product of hydrocarbon combustion.
 

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