>At the time of the Second World War, German technology was producing >gasoline from coal. An entire factory was brought from Germany, and >assembled in Missouri. It made gasoline at a cost of 5 cents a >gallon. It was dismantled and the technology was hidden away. > >Ed B
Not so. This is what happened - posted here previously by a list member: > "One of our oldest scientists, now 84 yrs. old, was responsible for >going into Germany post WWII and uncovering the remains of Hitler's >synthetic fuels machine which had been bombed out. I'm speaking of >Fischer-Tropsch oily-based paraffins which are hydrocracked down >into shorter chains for synthetic gasoline, jet fuel and diesel. He >brought back some of the original German scientists who'd perfected >this technology which utilized coarse, low-grade brown German coal >as feedstock. Three times he tried to start-up an American version >of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels in the GTL arena and was blocked. As >the highest ranking American energy technologist post WWII, he >couldn't figure this out. It was over 20 years later that he >realized that the late John Rockefeller of Standard Oil [Exxon] had >been the politic behind the scenes, making sure that his new, >alternative fuel ideas did not materialize. This scientist then took >his blueprints for the first major GTL project and gave them to >Sasol who built his first coal gasification device back in 1953 and >it is still operating today. Sasol from South Africa is the oldest >synthetic fuels producer globally." Best wishes Keith > >Yes, hydrogen from coal is the only fossil alternative. It will take you > >20 to 30 years to get to this. Bush loves this, since he probably been > >briefed about the seriousness of today's situation. He does not explain > >it to the American people, like both Carter and Nixon tried to do. Things > >have not got better since then, on the contrary. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Your own Online Store Selling our Overstock. http://us.click.yahoo.com/rZll0B/4ftFAA/46VHAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
