[bunabhucan]

We will likely still need refineries for all the other products. Refineries can be designed to favor output of in demand products like fuel oil (today.) If in the future we still need (say) asphalt and lubricants from crude oil, tapping out some amount of gasoline would still be possible.

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-produc...

[adrianN]

Hopefully we'll leave the oil in the ground and synthesize what we need from atmospheric carbon.