Liquid transportation fuels from coal and biomass : technological status, costs, and environmental impacts / America's Energy Future Panel on Alternative Liquid Transportation Fuels, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council of the National Acadamies.
"The transportation sector cannot continue on its current path: The volatility of oil prices threatens the U.S. economy, the large proportion of oil importation threatens U.S. energy security, and the massive contribution of greenhouse gases threatens the environment. The development of domesti...
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
©2009.
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| Series: | America's energy future series.
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Table of Contents:
- Liquid fuels for transportation
- Biomass resources for liquid transportation fuels
- Biochemical conversion of biomass
- Thermochemical conversion of coal and biomass
- Distribution
- Comparison of options and market penetration
- Overall findings and recommendations
- Key challenges to commercial deployment
- Other alternative fuel options.