After reading Wired’s current state of affairs on how close we are to cellulosic ethanol — the short answer is, “this close” — we came across a blurb about synfuel. Commonly used in military ...

Fossil fuels can be a bit fussy to access, and geopolitics tends to make prices volatile. Burning them also takes carbon out of the ground and puts it into the atmosphere, with undesirable climate ...

The Air Force consumes more than half the fuel used by the entire U.S. government; in fiscal year 2005, it guzzled 3.2 billion gallons of jet fuel at a cost of $4.7 billion. Under a directive from ...

The wording is so bland and buried so deep within a 324-page budget document that almost no one would notice that a multibillion-dollar scam is going on. Not the members of Congress voting for it and ...

You would think that a modern industrial process that creates $1 billion a year in profits would make its creators and operators proud. You’d think they would be doubly pleased with themselves for ...

Back during World War II, the Allies were successful in largely cutting off Germany's oil supply. To maintain their war effort, the Germans figured out how to make synthetic oil from coal. Later, the ...

22 June 2006 — Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today announced that Synfuel, Inc. is proposing to build a major coal gasification plant in Ascension Parish. The proposed new facility will use ...

Add Car as a preferred source on Google to see more of our latest content A former tech editor for CAR magazine, Ian knows what's what in the oily – and electric – bits of a car.

Fuels synthesised from coal and natural gas can already power aircraft, but what industry needs is a bio-derived jet fuel that can address global warming Two events last September brought attention to ...

Investors fretting over the volatility that high energy prices can impose on companies are usually worrying about oil. But a $5 shift in a barrel of crude isn't anything, compared with swings in the ...