Increasingly larger volumes
of liquid fuel made from tar sands oil may, in the future, be exported from US refineries with access to an oil pipeline originating in Alberta Canada.
At best CTL produces 2.3 barrels
of liquid fuel per ton of coal (there is about 4 boe in a ton of typical bituminous coal).
It seems at present, these bio-fuels are making a meaningful contribution in terms
of liquid fuel availability but are barely making a contribution at all when it comes to actually providing energy.
By managing technology in this way,
all of our liquid fuel can be produced from domestic resources.
With the right policies, by 2030 the U.S. can account for 62 percent
of its liquid fuel needs and Canada 16 percent.
The pipeline would be integral to a broad energy strategy that could see the U.S. meet 100 percent
of its liquid fuel needs from North American sources by 2030.
Alternative sources
of liquid fuel and liquefiable gas fuel (elsewhere on this page — and biodiesel, gasohol, etc.)(In the Third World rainforest is being cleared to plant oil palms for biodiesel and food production, to the detriment of the global environment.)
Some estimates show the U.S., Canada and Mexico could supply virtually
all of our liquid fuel needs from right here in North America by 2020.
We are running out
of liquid fuel and the burning of liquid fuels is one of the main causes of climate change.
The decision by the U.S. on whether to continue pursuit
of liquid fuel and other forms of energy from food and terrestrial ecosystems will be of great importance to the well - being and survival of humanity and the Earth.
There are some exceptions, and small overlapping fuel uses — direct industrial use
of liquid fuel (a fairly significant quantity), some liquids burned to make electricity (this used to be a significant amount, but is now only a very small amount), and now a very small amount of electricity used to power electric vehicles («EVs»).
Robert Hirsch, the well - known energy analyst has just released a report, â $ œEconomic Impacts
of Liquid Fuel Mitigation Optionâ $?
The price of gasoline, and
of liquid fuel made from coal, would reflect the carbon tax, which would pay the cost of taking that carbon back out of the atmosphere.
There is a solid possibility to make engines running on solid biomass instead
of liquid fuel just changing the internal functioning of motors.
And for the first time in more than a decade, oil we imported accounted for less than half
of the liquid fuel we consumed.
With 50 plants running at 10 GW per plant, the US could meet
all of its liquid fuel needs, some of its electricity needs and export excess liquid fuel.
The «gift
of liquid fuel» by the coal industry is one of these false promises.
Efficient Production
of the Liquid Fuel 2,5 - Dimethylfuran from Fructose Using Formic Acid as a Reagent, Todsapon Thananatthanachon and Thomas Rauchfuss, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, DOI: 10.1002 / anie.201002267, August 2, 2010.
Initially, the researchers have focused on the combustion
of liquid fuel sprays found in engines, where the extreme pressures and temperatures create an environment that is optically challenging.
«Plant - inspired power plants: Pitt study outlines framework for developing catalysts that turn excess atmospheric CO2 into new source
of liquid fuel.»
Lacking the density
of liquid fuels, gas requires large tanks for the compressed fuel and even then has a more limited driving range than gasoline or diesel.
That gas becomes a building block for the larger molecules
of liquid fuels.
«Using solar energy to drive the production
of liquid fuels such as gasoline from CO2 is one of the holy grails in renewable energy research.
The oil companies do have control
of the liquid fuels market, however — so at the end of the day, what the biofuel folks are looking to do is to take market share away from probably the most powerful industry in America, and arguably in the world.
Production
of liquid fuels from regenerative electric power is a major component of the energy turnaround.
In addition, the use of hydrogen in an FT plant could nearly triple yields
of liquid fuels.
Therefore 90 %
of the liquid fuels used to produce the ethanol is from fossil fuels.
Brazil actually only produces about 10 %
of it liquid fuels from sugar cane: http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/rapier/2006/0623.html
It is now necessary to start reducing the cost
of liquid fuels with their production from coal.
Unconventional liquids become increasingly important in the total supply
of liquid fuels, according to IEO2011.
One area where companies are increasingly focused is the development
of liquid fuels from plants.
The production
of liquid fuels from coal will very likely become an important part of the hydrocarbon energy mix of the future, provided that technical and environmental obstacles are overcome economically.
By now it should be apparent that EVs represent a complex and challenging (but it the face of the poor alternatives
of liquid fuels, probably necessary) solution to our energy - climate crisis, with lots of institutional, technological and social considerations.
Our effort will inspire other startups to accelerate development
of liquid fuels from algae and agricultural waste products.
The North American energy market is progressing toward self - sufficiency in terms
of liquid fuels, perhaps arriving in just a few years.
«Imports
of liquid fuels as a share of total U.S. liquid fuel consumption are projected to decline to 34 percent by 2019, increasing our energy security and limiting our vulnerability to politically unstable oil regimes halfway around the world.
The DoD is the largest consumer
of liquid fuels on the planet, burning about 375,000 barrels a day to fuel over 500,000 vehicles, ships and aircraft.
The EIA report suggests that there is potential for shale oil production to increase non-OPEC supplies
of liquid fuels substantially over the course of the IEO2013 projection.
This literature is reviewed on pages 16 - 29 of the following report: http://www.peakoilassociates.com/POAnalysis.html The public and some scientists do not understand that the major problem is the lack
of liquid fuels and fertilizer.
But according to government and scientific studies, all of these sources will yield at most a few million additional barrels
of liquid fuels per day (this includes coal liquifaction [GTL], hydrogen, oil sands, oil shale, biofuels, and solar.).
Publication date: 2009-06-01 First Published: Natural Resources Research Authors: R.C. Milici Abstract: The production
of liquid fuels from coal will very likely become an important part of the hydrocarbon energy mix of the future, provided that technical and environmental obstacles are overcome economically.
In a new report, «Biofuels for Transportation Markets», Navigant Research forecasts that global demand for biofuels in the road transportation sector will grow from representing almost 6 %
of the liquid fuels market in 2013 to roughly 8 % by 2022.
BP projects that the United States will become energy self - sufficient in the early 2020s and maintain its position as the world's largest producer
of liquid fuels and natural gas.
To develop a fuel feed technology for high - pressure gasifiers that will result in significantly lower - cost coal gasification plant construction and / or operation for production of power with carbon capture; or that will result in significantly lower - cost coal gasification plant construction and / or operation for production
of liquid fuels with carbon capture.
There are predictions that the price
of liquid fuels will rise steeply in the next few years.
Without it we'd probably be stuck with a gap between domestic supply and consumption like one that existed in the mid-2000s, when net imports accounted for 60 percent
of the liquid fuels needed to run our economy and our daily lives.
As petroleum becomes progressively more scarce and expensive the production
of liquid fuels from coal will become steadily more economically attractive.
Ethanol is just one
of those liquid fuels that appears like a carbon - neutral substitute for crude oil, but it doesn't really fit the bill.
The number of miles of public roads and streets most recently certified by the Department of Transportation as eligible for distribution
of liquid fuels funds under the act of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L. 1944, No. 655), referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law.
But the tar sands are unlikely to make a large impact on overall supply
of liquid fuels because their supply is likely to be rate, rather than total resource limited.