The truth about carbon neutral fuels
The car industry is trying to save the combustion engine. Their best bet: synthetic fuels. They’re hailed as being carbon neutral and the quickest way to get old cars off fossil fuels. Sounds great? Well, if you look closer, synthetic fuels are the worst way to decarbonize individual transport.
0:00 The Promise
0:39 Producing eFuels
1:59 Cost Problem
2:55 Competition for Renewable Energy
4:43 eFuel’s Inefficiency
6:42 Little Availability
7:17 Application Areas
8:48 Conclusion
Reporter: Kai Steinecke
Video Editor: Nils Reinecke
Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Special Thanks to Severin Hänggi and Roland Dittmeyer for their valuable insight to eFuel production and efficiency.
