synfuels

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I'm not even sure what synfuels is. reason: Turning coal into natural gas or oil.

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  • Sen. Barack Obama, for example, co-authored legislation to raise production of synfuels to 60 billion gallons by 2030. —  The Somerville News Blog
  • Practically ALL solutions to our sorry enviornmental state involve finding something new to BURN, cleaning (or petending to) clean existing fuel like coal, or scams like synfuels and biofuels. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • Department of Energy to test carbon capture on a demonstration coal-fired generator at the synfuels plant site. —  greatfallstribune.com - Local News
  • Summary: Technology reduces energy needed to produce gas-to-liquid synfuels, along with reduced equipment cost.
  • "These impacts are partially mitigated by the weakening of the rand against the US dollar and the positive impact of the synfuels hedge to end May 2009," Sasol said in a statement to shareholders issued as the market closed. —  Engineering News | Home
 

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