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[Antony Barry]

On 05/02/2007, at 12:46 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote:

> During WW II the Germans made oil-type products from coal.

Fischer-Tropsch process. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer- 
Tropsch_process>

> I don't know
> what technology is involved, but is it a substitute? The "peak" for
> coal is many, many times further away than for oil.

Yes but it would increase our coal usage by an order of magnitude. We  
_might_ be able to sequester what we are using now for electricity  
but not what we would need to make liquid fuels even at a fraction of  
the current level. We need to drastically CUT our coal use to combat  
global warming not increase it.

Global warming and peak oil are non-identical carbon twins like a  
rock and a hard place.

Tony

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