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Originally Posted by jetcal1
Fleisher-Tropsich conversion of coal to diesel. Runs about $40.00 a barrel to make. I do not know if it has problems with sulfur. We have plenty of coal and the same process can produce natural gas.
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That's Fischer-Tropsch. And unfortunately it's a very dirty process.
Fischer-Tropsch process - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If oil ever does reach $100+ bbl, we would probably need to start using Fischer-Tropsch or the Bergius process to make feedstocks for plastics, pharmaceuticals, and so forth. Right now, F-T is used in a very limited number of applications.