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Stories About: Barack Obama AND climate AND climate change mitigation AND coal AND elections AND energy AND greenhouse-gas emissions AND politics

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Barack Obama is not serious about global warming
That's what his support for CTL shows		 David Roberts 11 May 2007 Gristmill
The LA Times has a long story about the growing conflict over coal-to-liquid (CTL) fuel. This is the most important paragraph in the piece, though it is inexplicably buried at the bottom: A new study has concluded that turning coal into liquid fuel yields 125% more carbon dioxide than producing diesel fuel and 66% more than gasoline. If the carbon dioxide is captured and permanently stored, liquid coal emits 20% more greenhouse gas than diesel but 11% less than conv ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, climate change mitigation, coal, elections, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)


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