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Old 08-02-2013, 08:27 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Occasionally6 View Post
Another way is to synthesise the oils from CO and H derived from whatever feedstock is convenient, similar to synthetic gas substitutes or indeed current synthetic oils (Fischer-Tropsch sp? type synthesis).
It's currently done commercially in South Africa by Sasol, and was done in Nazi Germany during WW2, using coal as feedstock. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, wood chips were used as the feedstock for synthetic gasoline.
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