Bad News: Scientists Make Cheap Gas From Coal

Electric cars have been getting a lot of buzz lately, but a more immediately viable transportation fuel of the future could be liquid derived from coal. Scientists have devised a new way to transform coal into gas for your car using far less energy than the current process. The advance makes scaling up the environmentally unfriendly fuel more economical than greener alternatives. Full Story »

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Kevin Barry
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by Kevin Barry - Mar. 28, 2009

An interesting and fairly-balanced article that talks about an alternative fuel for cars that can be produced from coal. Whereas "alternative" recently has been associated with "green", this fuel could produce double the CO2 of normal petroleum fuels when consumed. The focus of the article is on the issues this could have on the fight against cliimate change.

Personally, I say one of the best ways to avoid consuming fuels is to ditch your car - ride a bike or walk whenever you can. There, problem solved. :)

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