Stories tagged with "synthetic fuels"

Jumping on the technology bandwagon

Posted by Yankee on December 4, 2005 - 6:16pm
Topic: Alternative energy
Tags: alternative techonologies, coal gasification, peak oil, synthetic fuels [list all tags]

Not me...that would be Wired magazine.

Not surprisingly, I guess, the cover article of Wired for December is called "Why $5 Gas Is Good for America". Why, you ask? Well, because it's going to kickstart funding for new, clean, alternative technologies, of course.

I'm going to let you guys read this article and form your own opinions, but I did want to provide just a few reasons why this article managed to push my buttons.

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Brian Schweitzer replies

Posted by Yankee on October 6, 2005 - 9:19pm
Topic: Alternative energy
Tags: brian schweitzer, coal, fischer-tropsch, synthetic fuels [list all tags]

In a DailyKos diary, Jerome a Paris (who focuses on energy issues) took on Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer's recent New York Times op-ed about making synthetic fuels from coal using the Fischer-Tropsch process. Jerome had some probing questions for the governor, and today, Schweitzer responded to Jerome in his own diary. He doesn't exactly answer Jerome's actual specific questions, but he seems to be taking people's concerns seriously.
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