synfuel
English
Alternative forms
- syn-fuel, syn fuel, synthfuel, synth-fuel, synth fuel, synthetic fuel
Etymology
Blend of synthetic + fuel.
Noun
synfuel (countable and uncountable, plural synfuels)
- 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.
- 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