The stoichiometry at their site doesn’t work for me. They are missing some atoms here and there.
https://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/co2-to-ethanol.jpg
Ya gotta balance the equation ...
And this HAS to be endothermic. HOW endothermic is it?
ALSO ... If ya right ahead and BURN that ethanol, you create THREE molecules of greenhouse gas - CO2 *and* water vapor. So you use extra energy, and then what?
ohmygeersh.
cue the dancing oh-noes.