[samm1148]

And the thing most often missed: We aren't 1940 era Germans. Who knows if the wheels of capitalism were to roll with this concept how much cheaper and economical the method for conversion can be made.

[spokeshave]

Coal eh....don't gas turbines and diesels work on pulverized coal.......?

Put the H2-er's out of work

[76834]

And the thing most often missed: We aren't 1940 era Germans. Who knows if the wheels of capitalism were to roll with this concept how much cheaper and economical the method for conversion can be made.

Point taken and understood.
With fuel prices like they are now we are fast beginning to resemble the fuel starved Germans of 1940.
Main difference here is we are sitting on top of 10 mountains of coal and are freezing to death.
All we really need to do is to stop complaining, get off our asses and dig.