Probably not, but maybe they should be... ... since the frakcers are multiplying like rabbits these days; and the most profitable thing to do with all that methane is probably to convert it to gasoline at the well-head.
Synfuels International operates a pilot plant in Robertson County, Texas which is apparently running now 24/7 on natural gas to demonstrate their synfuel technologies for potential commercial scale up. It is not an awesome factory, but at least it is not vaporware. http://www.synfuels.com/Plant.html They claim to produce a cleaner synthetic gasoline from natural gas at half the present wholesale cost, using a proprietary "Non-Fischer Tropsch" Portfolio of Technologies ... Essentially, because it can be run on a small scale - the technology would turn any "Fracker" into a gasoline wholesaler, and BIG OIL cannot come close to their cost. That situation will lower prices, since the Cartel cannot control supply/demand. Not exactly what we want to see as a long-term energy solution, or even short term, but perhaps it is the lesser of two evils from the consumers POV ...
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