Sentences with phrase «promoting synthetic fuels»

President Jimmy Carter had persuaded Congress to pass a law promoting synthetic fuels, which included tax credits to ethanol producers.

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Particularly daunting is the production or acquisition of large volumes of organic compost for fertilizer; synthetic fertilizers are not allowed due to high fossil fuel use in their manufacture and their limited use in promoting healthy soil.

For example, the Department of Energy was promoting development of synthetic fuels from coal, tar sands and oil shale.