But
liquid coal comes with substantial environmental and economic negatives.
Not exact matches
David Adam of The Guardian reported over the weekend on the first international conference on «
coal to
liquids,» in Paris, at which a host of officials from around the world excitedly described a host of new
coal - to -
liquids initiatives aimed at securing flows of transportation fuel in a world facing high oil prices for a long time to
come.
We still need
liquid fuels for a long time to
come, but making them from
coal is an unsustainable solution.
Most of the new GTL capacity will
come from the conversion of Sasol's
coal - to -
liquids plant in Secunda, South Africa, to a GTL facility.
The energy to compress, transport / pump, and inject the
liquid CO2 all has to
come from the power station's energy output, which by most accounts of
coal - to - airconditioner are around 30 % overall efficiency.