[Enterprise]

I read that a University in Texas has developed a process to turn coal into gas at a cost of about 28 dollars a barrel. assuming the barrel is 55 gallons, that works out close to 50 cents a gallon.

[YankeeReb]

I read that a University in Texas has developed a process to turn coal into gas at a cost of about 28 dollars a barrel. assuming the barrel is 55 gallons, that works out close to 50 cents a gallon.

You know back in the 50s & 60s the US said we're going to the moon and we did it. Democrats and Republicans committed to this goal and we got it done. Why does it seem that in the last 20 years EVERYTHING seems too hard and mired in red tape. It seems like in order to do anything in this country you have to jump through a million hoops and pay off armies of faceless bureaucrats. No wonder we as a society are going into the ash heap of history, and this kenyan idiot is doing everything in his power to speed up the process.

[truth_seeker]

“I read that a University in Texas has developed a process to turn coal into gas at a cost of about 28 dollars a barrel. assuming the barrel is 55 gallons, that works out close to 50 cents a gallon.”

1. In the oil patch a barrel is 42 gallons.

2. A process was used by Germany in WWII to turn coal into transport fuels. It was subsequently used for plants owned by Sasol in South Africa, and the process is called Fischer-Tropsch. These plants have been onstream since the 1950s.

3. Don’t have any idea what you are writing about, but consider it in light of the facts I pointed out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasol

[okie01]

I read that a University in Texas has developed a process to turn coal into gas at a cost of about 28 dollars a barrel. assuming the barrel is 55 gallons, that works out close to 50 cents a gallon.

A barrel of oil is 42 gallons. That's because it was originally shipped in whiskey barrels.