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)

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