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 »
Posted by Kevin Barry
Moving away from coal and petrol fuels while laudable and will happen in time. Developing alternatives from OIl via coal to fuel might release us a bit from middle eastern oil, which is worthwhile on its own.