Energy Independence Pitch Sheet

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ENERGY INDEPENDENCE A Pathway to Prosperity www.eGeneration.org ENERGY INDEPENDENCE What You Should Know: America has tremendous coal reserves that can be converted into transportation fuels like synthetic gasoline and synthetic diesel fuel, as well as many strategic chemicals. Coal to liquid fuel technology is a very mature and robust technology, but it has never been economical or environmentally friendly because the heat needed came from burning fossil fuels such as coal or natural gas. Using heat from a Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) to power the conversion of coal to transportation fuel offers superior economics and environmental benefits. Producing transportation fuels from coal is a much cleaner process than using coal to produce electricity in traditional coal fired power plants. South Africa and China already have a thriving “Coal to Fuel” industry that is expanding. Coal can also be converted into Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG), and in the longterm, producing SNG from coal will help stabilize our natural gas markets and calm fears about exporting natural gas overseas. Converting coal to natural gas is a very mature process, and America already has a “Coal to SNG” plant in North Dakota that has continued to make a profit even with record low natural gas prices. MSRs can produce electricity that is very competitive in a free market and can produce electricity with zero airborne pollutants. The eGeneration Foundation is working to form an alliance to develop a national energy plan, promoting the next generation of fuels powered by Molten Salt Reactor technology. As studies and analysis of this promising technology are widely understood, there will be widespread industry support for commercializing this next generation process, thus providing a clear pathway to prosperity. 1768 East 25 th Street Suite 301 Cleveland, OH 44114 216.367.0602 www.eGeneration.org The eGeneration Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational charity. Your contribution to the eGeneration Foundation is taxdeductible as a charitable contribution to the extent allowed by law. Please consider making a generous donation and join our efforts to help create an energy rich future for all. Copyright © 2015 by eGeneration Foundation All rights reserved

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ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

A  Pathway  to  Prosperity  

                                                                       

 www.eGeneration.org

ENERGY INDEPENDENCE What  You  Should  Know:  

• America  has  tremendous  coal  reserves  that  can  be  converted  into  transportation  fuels  like  synthetic  gasoline  and  synthetic  diesel  fuel,  as  well  as  many  strategic  chemicals.  

• Coal  to  liquid  fuel  technology  is  a  very  mature  and  robust  technology,  but  it  has  never  been  economical  or  environmentally  friendly  because  the    heat  needed  came  from  burning  fossil  fuels  such  as  coal  or  natural  gas.  

• Using  heat  from  a  Molten  Salt  Reactor  (MSR)  to  power  the  conversion  of  coal  to  transportation  fuel  offers  superior  economics  and  environmental  benefits.  

• Producing  transportation  fuels  from  coal  is  a  much  cleaner  process  than  using  coal  to  produce  electricity  in  traditional  coal  fired  power  plants.  

• South  Africa  and  China  already  have  a  thriving  “Coal  to  Fuel”  industry  that  is  expanding.  

• Coal  can  also  be  converted  into  Synthetic  Natural  Gas  (SNG),  and  in  the  long-­‐term,  producing  SNG  from  coal  will  help  stabilize  our  natural  gas  markets  and  calm  fears  about  exporting  natural  gas  overseas.  

• Converting  coal  to  natural  gas  is  a  very  mature  process,  and  America  already  has  a  “Coal  to  SNG”  plant  in  North  Dakota  that  has  continued  to  make  a  profit  even  with  record  low  natural  gas  prices.    

• MSRs  can  produce  electricity  that  is  very  competitive  in  a  free  market  and  can  produce  electricity  with  zero  airborne  pollutants.  

The  eGeneration  Foundation  is  working  to  form  an  alliance  to  develop  a  national  energy  plan,  promoting  the  next  generation  of  fuels  powered  by  Molten  Salt  Reactor  technology.    As  studies  and  analysis  of  this  promising  technology  are  widely  understood,  there  will  be  widespread  industry  support  for  commercializing  this  next  generation  process,  thus  providing  a  clear  pathway  to  prosperity.  

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