https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/gasoline/ Recent content in Gasoline on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/coal-liquids-can-fuel-made-coal-replace-gasoline/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/coal-liquids-can-fuel-made-coal-replace-gasoline/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/coal-liquids-can-fuel-made-coal-replace-gasoline/i-198-7d9-4-8.jpg" alt="During World War II, the United States and its allies bombed refineries, coal-to-liquids plants and military plants such as the Focke-Wulf military aircraft plant in Marienburg, Germany, shown here in 1943. U.S. Department of Defense" loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>During World War II, the United States and its allies bombed refineries, coal-to-liquids plants and military plants such as the Focke-Wulf military aircraft plant in Marienburg, Germany, shown here in 1943. U.S. Department of Defense</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/coal-liquids-can-fuel-made-coal-replace-gasoline/i-19a-7d9-4-8.jpg" alt="Coal-to-liquids fuels carry a lot of environmental baggage, as these Kentuckians show. [Kentuckians for the Commonwealth](www.ktfc.org)" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Coal-to-liquids fuels carry a lot of environmental baggage, as these Kentuckians show. [Kentuckians for the Commonwealth](www.ktfc.org)</figcaption> </figure> <p>Amid all the attention to the converging of three energy-related crises &mdash; climate change, resource depletion and international extremism funded by the energy trade &mdash; a surprising energy choice keeps rearing its head: coal. That especially includes liquid fuels made from coal, which can be a substitute for gasoline, jet fuel and just about any other transportation fuel on which we currently rely.</p>