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synthetic fuel

American  
[sin-thet-ik fyoo-uhl] / sɪnˈθɛt ɪk ˈfju əl /

noun

  1. fuel in the form of liquid or gas synthetic natural gas,SNG, or syngas manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.


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He pointed to F1's attempts to go net-zero carbon by 2030, which include the adoption of sustainable synthetic fuel in 2026.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2023

That will require the development of 300 to 400 synthetic fuel plants; it currently has about ten.

From Washington Post Nov. 5, 2022

Experts at the Institute of Energy and Climate Research in Juelich, Germany, have calculated that a mid-size car running on synthetic fuel would use seven times as much energy as a comparable electric vehicle.

From Seattle Times Jun. 9, 2022

"It could still make sense to use synthetic fuel cars in Latin America in 2035," Diess said.

From Reuters Nov. 11, 2021

Commercial airliners will be required to fill up with synthetic fuel produced with green energy.

From New York Times Jul. 14, 2021

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