If scientists at Ames National Laboratory are successful in perfecting a process called gasification, crops, agricultural waste, lawn clippings, raked leaves, sewage sludge and garbage could all be turned into ultra-cheap ethanol using the same efficient process, in the same facility, under one roof.
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Gasification: Ultra-Cheap Biofuel From Any Carbon Source
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Submitted by niccha on Mon, 2008-08-18 15:24. | Tags: science | alternative energy | Ames | Ames Laboratory | automobiles | biofuels | ellulosic ethanol | ethanol | fuel | gasification | innovation | renewable fuels | research | science | syngas | technology | transportation | Victor Lin
Ford’s Coal-to-Liquids Concept Vehicle: Release in 2010 : Gas 2.0
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Ford Motor company announced today it would be offering a new range of alternative-fuel vehicles by early 2010, powered by what some think is the US’s only hope for energy independence: coal.
Submitted by claybodie on Tue, 2008-04-01 18:39. | Tags: transportation | alternative fuels | cars | coal | energy | synfuel | syngas | technology | transportation
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