Unconventional fossil-based fuels economic and environmental trade-offs
Both high import payments for petroleum motor fuels and concerns regarding emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are motivating interest in possible fuel substitutes. Petroleum products derived from conventional crude oil constitute more than 50 percent of end-use energy deliveries in the United States...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, CA :
RAND Corp
2008.
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| Colección: | JSTOR Open Access monographs.
RAND Corporation Technical report ; TR-580-NCEP. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37560013*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- History and context of unconventional fossil-resource development
- Carbon capture and storage for unconventional fuels
- Oil sands and synthetic crude oil
- Coal-to-liquids production
- Competitiveness of unit production costs for synthetic crude oil and coal-to-liquids
- Conclusions.
