New Way to Make ‘Green Diesel’ from Coal

Scientists have improved the technique for transforming coal into “green diesel,” potentially making the process economically feasible to bring the fuel to a pump near you.

..”Many people in the energy sector think that when oil starts to run out, coal will be a source of transportation fuel for some time before we perfect the science behind solar and hydrogen-based energy,” said Maurice Brookhart, a chemist at the University of North Carolina.