synfuel

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Etymology

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Blend of synthetic +‎ fuel.

Noun

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synfuel (countable and uncountable, plural synfuels)

  1. Any of several fuels synthesized from coal or shale etc, or fermented from grain etc.
    Hyponyms: biofuel, syngas, blue hydrogen
    • 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, chapter 6, in Merchants of Doubt:
      President Jimmy Carter was proposing a major effort to increase U.S. energy independence by developing “synfuels”—liquid fuels made from coal, oil shales, and tar sands—and scientific experts had warned that this could accelerate CO₂ accumulation.
  2. Any of several fuels created by chemical synthesis from simple feed stock inputs, of power, energy, heat, water, carbon dioxide, or simple compounds.
    Hyponym: e-fuel