Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative
Europe launches synthetic fuels initiative
A
consortium of automakers and fuel suppliers launched the Alliance for Synthetic Fuels in Europe (ASFE) Tuesday to carry
forward their vision of sustainable mobility in Europe.The objectives of ASFE are to investigate and promote synthetic fuels as part of the solution for reducing dependence on oil, as well as a way to reduce vehicle emissions and increase energy efficiency.
ASFE defines synthetic fuels as a new generation of near-zero sulfur and aromatics fuels made from natural gas (gas-to-liquid, or GTL), coal (CTL) or biomass (BTL). GTL is a practical solution today, with a number of plants under construction. BTL is still in the R&D stage. Although GTL fuels have a similar greenhouse gas impact to petroleum fuels, BTL offers the potential for a 90 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Synthetic fuels are attractive because they are completely compatible with existing diesel engines and fuel distribution infrastructure. ASFE is apparently touting synthetic fuels as Europe's solution to reducing its petroleum dependency, in contrast to the U.S. government's promotion of ethanol.
Members of the ASFE are DaimlerChrysler, Renault, Shell, Sasol Chevron and Volkswagen.
[Source: Renault]
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Glifford 5:40AM (3/09/2006)
Neat! Lets hope it takes off some of the dependence on the Middle East and some of the nations there!
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Jason in Boston 7:26AM (3/09/2006)
Presently, two initiatives to pull the U.S. off it's dependency of foreign oil are stopped by interest groups and our politicians. The huge Gulf reserves off the west coast of Florida go untapped because of Jeb Bush's unwillingness to jeopardize the fragile tourist ecosystem. Sure, drill all along the impoverished Mississippi, Louisiana, Panhandle, and Texas coasts, but not Florida. Who would want to tap into the huge reserves that other Gulf countries, like Venezuela, are oiling? It sickens me to hear George Bush pushing for more drilling in Alaska, one of the last pristine ecosystems left. Let the Florida retirees look at the oil rigs that are pumping oil for their air conditioning and big Mercury Grand Marquis.
The second initiative that is being squelched is the development of a windmill farm off the coast of Cape Cod. Wealthy politicians and special interests are putting new restrictions (for "safety") on how close the windmills can be to commercial/passenger ship traffic. This is preposterous, and just a sham to stop alternative energy. There is no need to have miles of distance, it's a visual aesthetic problem with the wealthy on the Cape, and also a loss of revenue to the oil distributors in cold weather New England. Total greedy bastards. Looks like the plans will be a failure due to this newest big money thrashing.
Very sad time for Americans who are ready for weaning off foreign oil. Going to war to stabilize oil supplies is very barbaric, and a step back for humanity.
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YOUR MOM 9:55AM (3/09/2006)
YEAH!
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Paul 11:04AM (3/09/2006)
*Yawn*.
Sasol in South Africa has been making fuel (amongst other things) via CTL and GTL for years now.
They now are doing something with Chevron
http://www.sasolchevron.com/default.htm
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Dolores Grissom 8:05PM (3/09/2006)
I love Jason in Boston. A man after my own heart with a brain. He's so right about Florida not wanting to destroy their coast line with the sight of oil rigs, and the wealthy not wanting their view of the ocean despoiled by windmill farms. Our Government, even though Bush said he wantd to decrease our dependency on oil, is hell bent to destroy wilderness areas in the US and Alaska for the oil instead of investing those $$ for research into alternative energy sources. Americans wont even see Alaskan oil for years and years so drilling will not help us any time in the near future. Politicians are lining their pockets with Oil Company $$$, and that's what it's all about. I sure hope you guys have invested some time to call, write and/or fax and e-mail your Politicians voicing your disapproval of drilling and your approval for alternative energy funding.
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Ron Bengtson 1:08PM (3/19/2006)
For more info about synthetic fuels, check out the American Energy Independence website at www.AmericanEnergyIndependence.com
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Geoff 11:43AM (3/27/2006)
I used to work for the Geological Survey and I can't recall that the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico ever has been 'tested' and proven to harbor vast reserves of oil and gas. If the deposits were there, I suspect economic pressures would have seen this area being extensively developed long before now. Off the Mississippi and Louisiana costs, drilling has been forced to move to deeper and deeper formations much farther from shore as near-shore fields have been depleted. Many newer rigs are WAY out of sight of land (at least 80 miles offshore). Today, for electricity production, on- and offshore windpower and waterpower generation make GOOD economic sense. The feedstocks (wind and waves/currents) are 'free', unlike expensive-to-access coal and diminishing natural gas deposits. This also supports the concept of 'distributed generation' rather than central source production (like large coal & gas, or nuclear-fired steam plants, which are costly, environmentally unfriendly, and vulnerable to terrorist actions). For the fuel-hungry transportation sector, biodiesel also makes good sense. Vast areas of 'landbanked' fertile ground can be put back into production and used to grow the feedstocks, and the whole processing and distribution infrastructure already exists in-place. Domestic auto manufacturers would now be VERY well-disposed to help stimulate a market for these fuels by finishing development of advanced turbo-diesel powered cars and light trucks that can run on a variety of biodiesel blends -- all the way up to B-100. And more petroleum companies would be well-disposed to horizontally integrate into the development and production of biodiesel fuel production facilities merely to preserve their own future, when remaining worldwide petroleum supplies become too difficult to reach and extract (e.g. they're in somebody else;s back yard who also wants the oil and doesn't want us to have it), too vulnerable for U.S. foreign policy to protect (strategically), and far too expensive to produce and be competitive with agriculturally-based fuels. When the U.S. farm lobby figures out there's REAL money to be made in agri-fuels, then the Members of Congress won't be far behind. Heck, a major biodiesel production plant in ANY Congressional District, employing scores of people and gaining feedstocks of soybeans from thousands of surrounding American farmers, sounds like a GREAT plan for helping to preserve this country and making our domestic fuel supplies independent of foreign control. Let's just DO it and quit talking about it !!! It will also substantilly help our currently out-of-control balance of payments problem. Time for 'talking' is rapidly drawing to a close. We'll all be riding bicycles after that...!!
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