04036cam a22005297a 4500 329200 329200 16929603 Nust 20170426134953.0 110820s2009 dcua b 000 0 eng c 2009937432 2011290883 0309137128 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780309137126 (pbk. : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn402275958 YDXCP YDXCP BTCTA TXA NTD BWX UBY CDX AGL IXA VRC DEBBG DLC pcc n-us--- TP343 .L6795 2009 TP343 .L6795 2009 577 NRC 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. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009. xvii, 370 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm. America's energy future series Includes bibliographical references. 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. "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 domestic sources of alternative transportation fuels with lower greenhouse emissions is now a national imperative. Coal and biomass are in abundant supply in the United States and can be converted to liquid fuels that can be combusted in existing and future vehicles. Their abundant supply makes them attractive candidates to provide non-oil-based liquid fuels to the U.S. transportation system. However, there are important questions about the economic viability, carbon impact, and technology status of these options. Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass provides a snapshot of the potential costs of liquid fuels from biomass by biochemical conversion and from biomass and coal by thermochemical conversion. Policy makers, investors, leaders in industry, the transportation sector, and others with a concern for the environment, economy, and energy security will look to this book as a roadmap to independence from foreign oil. With immediate action and sustained effort, alternative liquid fuels can be available in the 2020 time frame, if or when the nation needs them"--Back cover. Liquid fuels Technological innovations United States. Liquid fuels Environmental aspects United States. Synthetic fuels Technological innovations United States. Gasoline Technological innovations United States. Motor fuels United States. Biomass energy United States. Energy policy United States. Energy conservation United States. Fuel switching United States. Bioenergie. swd Energiepolitik. swd Flüssiger Brennstoff. swd Kohle. swd Transport. swd USA. swd National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) National Academy of Engineering. National Academies Press (U.S.) National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Alternative Liquid Transportation Fuels. America's energy future series. 7 cbc pccadap 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NIT NIT 2017-04-26 NIT 577 NRC NIT-8492 2017-04-26 2017-04-26 REP