Synthetic fossil fuels: A dieselgate 2.0 in the making?

Audi, the German car manufacturer, is pitching ‘e-fuels’ as a clean alternative to produce petrol, diesel or gas, without having to extract fossil fuels. Sounds splendid but unfortunately too good to be true, warns Jonas Helseth.

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Producing 'e-fuels' require enormous amounts of electricity – at least six times the amount of direct electrification, all the while having zero impact on actual transport sector CO2 emissions, writes Jonas Helseth. [(AUDI AG / Flickr)]

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