Sylvicultura Oeconomica

I just came across this post: http://biopact.com/2007/06/presenting-alliance-for-synthetic-fuels.html  in my recent web meanderings. It is from a couple of months ago in Biopact (which if you have not been there is a wealth of interesting info and links about real advancements in global alternative fuels). It talks about industry efforts to develop BTL fuels in Europe. Doesn’t talk about coal and biomass blending, but it does at least hint at the potential for carbon neutral-to-negative fuels.  I thought that the picture of conventional diesel burning side-by-side with FT synfuels was particularly striking. Note the absence of a big smoky cloud of pollution.  Now imagine that difference times 385,000,000 gallons each year, and you begin to get why our plant is so exciting.

I love my job.

It looks like much of their info was sourced from the Alliance for Synthetic Fuels in Europe. Which can be found here: http://www.synthetic-fuels.org/

The ASFE website has a bunch of cool info and glossies on synthetic fuels in general, and is worth a good browse.

- Stephen