Liquid coal causes twice the amount of greenhouse gas emissions as regular gasoline or diesel -- that makes a hybrid filled with liquid coal as dirty as a Hummer H3 running on regular gas. At a time where we should be dramatically reducing our carbon footprint, liquid coal would be a big step in the wrong direction.

If that's not enough, liquid coal also requires huge amounts of water and would make dangerous carbon dioxide sequestration more common. Although proponents of liquid coal argue it could help end our reliance on foreign oil, liquid coal proposals could actually lead to an over 40% increase in coal mining just to replace a mere 10% of our nation's transportation fuels.

Fortunately, a large-scale liquid coal industry hasn't been established yet --and it would require millions of dollars in investments to do so.

Ask Congress to oppose any efforts to jumpstart a new massively polluting coal-to-liquids industry.

Dear [Decision Maker],

The serious economic and environmental downsides of liquid coal prevent it from being a good option for a cleaner, healthier energy future. A liquid coal (coal-to-liquids) transportation fuels industry would double the global warming emissions of regular gasoline and would require millions of dollars in investments. Instead of funneling those millions into a new, dirty industry, we should be investing in efficiency and renewable energy technologies that exist today and can help us solve global warming.

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Please oppose any efforts to jumpstart a new massively polluting coal-to-liquids industry.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]