All I was trying to say is that it’s not economical to convert coal to NG. Otherwise, the market would do it.
We don’t need a cheerleading squad for coal gasification. Just let the market decide how to do these things.
What you said was “Converting coal to methane is sort of like converting gold to lead.”
My point was methane is a more desirable product. I have never called for the government to spend a dime or that any company procede with such a venture. You on the other hand have attempted to create a number of straw men and then knock them down.
How about this, converting coal to gas is like converting silver to gold.
As for it not being economical that is where American ingenuity comes in. We have a NG shortage, we became a NG importer a few years back. If we can meet that energy need with domestic sources such as coal gasification, it makes us more secure and financialy stronger.
I’m not a left winger trying to stop coal mining, I think we need to be mining more and finding more uses for it.
“We don’t need a cheerleading squad for coal gasification. Just let the market decide how to do these things.”
We also don’t need another anti-coal hit squad. Do you think that the current government want us to have more reliable affordable energy? If someone is working on another practical use for coal, they need to be cheered on. If they are successful, they will do more good for this country than every one of us tapping away at our keyboards combined.