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Old 08-29-2008, 01:03 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
We could make gasoline and diesel from coal using proven technology, but who stands in the way? Not Big Oil. Who do you thinks owns the coal reserves? Big Oil, of course. It is government than blocks development of synthetic fuel plant construction.
But then you'd have the same problem as with oil, but even worse, plus all the problems caused by the additional coal mining on top of them. If there's anything that could make the current situation worse, coal-based synfuel is it.
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