synthetic fuels
Lab-created energy sources
Synthetic fuels are liquid or gaseous fuels manufactured from raw materials like coal, natural gas, or biomass rather than refined from crude oil.
The process typically converts these feedstocks into hydrocarbons that can substitute for conventional petroleum products: Germany produced synthetic fuels from coal during World War II when cut off from oil supplies.
Interest in synfuels rises and falls with oil prices and energy security concerns.
- keroseneFlammable petroleum distillate
- gasificationConverting carbon materials to vapor
- carbon neutralityEmissions balanced by offsets
- carbon neutralZero net emissions
- net zeroBalanced emissions state
electrolysis · municipal waste · methanol · carbon dioxide · carbon capture · biodiesel · hydrogen · greenhouse gas reduction · algae · refinery · gasoline · emissions · clean energy · feedstock · octane · renewable · pipeline · biofuel
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Unrefined fossil fuel
petroleum · fossil fuels · natural gas · coal · mineral oil
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Fuel from living matter
natural gas · biomass · wood · peat