We're submitting this, from the National Energy Technology Laboratory and the US Air Force, in further support of our thesis that processes exist which could enable the commercial employment of coal-to-liquid fuel technologiesnet environmental benefit. and thereby provide a
Some excerpts:
"The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) released a study that examines the feasibility of producing l00,000 barrels per day of jet fuel from coal and biomass."
"The coal-biomass-to-liquids (CBTL) facilities could also cut life-cycle emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), the primary greenhouse gas, by 20% compared to conventional petroleum processes, said the DOE." (Emphasis added - JtM)
In other words, if we switched, now, from petroleum-based liquid fuels to ones made from the CoalTL+ biomass technologies we've documented, then we would reduce current CO2 emissions by 20%, at least, over our current, petroleum-based liquid fuel economy.