Comments on: England Now Has Gasoline Made from Coal

By: Alexie

Alexie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:14:03 +0000

Hello people, this is 1934!

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:51:58 +0000

The USAF is working on a plant to do exactly this right now.
Also much of the gas in South Africa is produced this way.

By: JMyint

JMyint — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:29:43 +0000

Something like this (or one of the many other synthetic gasoline recipes) might start becoming atractive and economically viable once fuel made from petroleum reaches $11 per gallon.

By: ratpack7

ratpack7 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:21:20 +0000

to Tracy B
the reason its not done is it takes 24 pounds of coal plus oil to get a gallon of gas. I hate to tell you this but the same people own the coal and the oil and the natural gas. If it was feasible/cost effective it would have been done years ago.
Think about it if they could sell you a product they would. They wouldn’t hold one back to make more money on the other they would just sell you both and make money on both.
Energy company’s are fighting to come up with the new technologies first so they can be the first to sell it to you, There not holding anything back. The first cars where electric and there where electric cars in the 70s no one bought them so they quit making them. Consumers are not willing to pay more thats what is holding back alternative fuels Not the oil company’s.

By: Tracy B.

Tracy B. — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:46:52 +0000

We have been able to synthesize motor fuels for some time, the problem is that there are certain industries that would be threatened if we make the switch.

By: ratpack7

ratpack7 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:22:38 +0000

BTW thats for approximately one gallon of gasoline

By: ratpack7

ratpack7 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:22:01 +0000

twenty-four pounds of coal mixed with oil and hydrogen sounds like its not very green to me.

By: Wayne from Jeremiah Films

Wayne from Jeremiah Films — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:53:00 +0000

I've linked to your article from this post McCain vs Obama on Gas and Oil ... Maybe not exactly a perfect match in being directly related. But, if you look at the big picture, the use of coal is part of the big picture, and we have known how to use coal ... Plus I like your article because it points out without even trying that we have known how to for some time.