COLLAPSING ENVIRONMENTAL REPUTATION OF BIOFUELS ENCOURAGES SYNFUEL RESEARCH
June 1st, 2008
BY MARK ROWE
IN the past 18 months, the rush toward biofuels as the new green alternative to fossil fuels has of course come to something of a juddering halt. Concerns over just how green they are, and the implications of growing crops for energy rather than food, have led to the UN, major energy companies, scientists and environmental organisations looking beyond the first generation of biofuels. One of the most embryonic, but expanding, sectors is that of synthetic fuels.
Essentially, synthetic fuels are alternatives to fossil fuels sourced from plants and ...
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