Dictionary

synfuel en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of synthetic + fuel.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several fuels synthesized from coal or shale etc, or fermented from grain etc.
   • 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. 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, chapter 6, in Merchants of Doubt:
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of several fuels created by chemical synthesis from simple feed stock inputs, of power, energy, heat, water, carbon dioxide, or simple compounds.

Forms