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The greening of synfuels [1]

A few U.S. energy companies have drawn up plans for synfuels plants that would produce millions of barrels of the alternative fuel annually. The technology is gaining support from a a group of climate scientists who believe that, barrel for barrel, synfuels can emit less carbon dioxide (CO2) than oil and, at some point, even reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.

Publication Date: 
18/04/2008
Eli Kintisch [2]
Science [3]
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Carbon Dioxide [4], Climate Change [5], Green House Gases [6], Climate Mitigation [7], Coal [8], Carbon Sequestration [9], Energy Technology [10], United States Of America (US) [11]
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