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In general, not really, which means that most launch vehicles using such fuels would need more of it to lift any given payload to even a low orbit, which in turn would mean that such launch vehicles would normally need to be much bigger just to carry the extra need fuel. There are potential fuels that could possibly avoid this, as well as some design tricks (such as air augmentation, Gnom style) that could be possibly used with the less efficient ones. However, even in the best case it is likely that even the most efficient synthetic eco-fuels would remain prohibitively expensive for widespread usage.