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A liquid or gaseous energy source manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands

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  • Despite its high-tech connotations, synthetic fuel -- often dubbed "synfuel" for short within the industry -- has been around for decades.
  • African synfuel industry once the current agreement runs out in
  • RE: #326 – Indeed, my analogy of the synfuel debacle appears to be correct.
  • Drake asid the most complex of all the problems was the issue of the synfuel industry.
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