Dr. Ramage chaired the National Acdemies reports «The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs», «Resource Requirements for a Hydrogen Economy», «
Alternative Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass», and «Transitions To Alternative Transportation Technologies: A Focus on Plug - In Hybrid Electric Vehicles».
Not exact matches
Third, we want
alternatives for
liquid transportation fuels: glucose, agricultural waste products, lumber waste products.
The only likely exception to the rule against biofuels in
transportation is the urgent need to decarbonise air transport, where low - carbon
alternatives to
liquid hydrocarbon
fuels remain a distant prospect.
In that case, we do nothing and suffer the consequences of dealing with a burgeoning demand for
liquid transportation fuels globally without offering any
alternatives to petroleum.
There are some
transportation needs that simply must have a low - carbon
liquid fuel alternative.
«There is a pressing need for a game - changing approach to produce
alternative, drop - in,
liquid transportation fuels by sustainable, technologically viable and environmentally acceptable emissions processes from abundant, low - cost, renewable materials.
We are conducting our own research efforts into
alternative energy, such as through sponsorship of the Global Climate and Energy Project at Stanford University and research into
liquid products from algae and biomass that can be further converted to
transportation fuels.
Bullfrog Power's green
fuel is an earth - friendly, renewable
alternative to
liquid fossil
fuel, allowing climate - conscious Canadians to reduce the environmental impact of their
transportation.
Primus Green Energy Inc., an
alternative fuel company that converts natural gas and other feedstocks directly into drop - in
transportation fuels and solvents (earlier post), announced that its patent application covering its STG +
liquid fuel synthesis technology has been allowed by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
There are no reasonable
alternative liquid fuels for land, sea and air
transportation needs.
Undoubtedly these are early days, and many challenges remain in creating truly sustainable biofuels, and certainly in creating truly sustainable aviation — but unlike land and sea
transportation, airlines have very few if any
alternatives to
liquid fuels, so initiatives like this are an encouraging sign that aviation may be able to weather the inevitable transition to a post fossil -
fuel economy.
An
alternative to batteries for energy storage and
transportation is hydrogen, which weight - for - weight stores more energy than traditional
liquid fuels.