"The technology is here and has been for decades.
Folks in South Africa do it every day.
The main thing is to make it economically feasable.
USA is the like 50 Arabias as far is coal is concerned.
For further reading I would refer you to:
http://www.sasol.com"
All built by American company: Fluor Corporation
Have a lot of respect for Fluor, for Bechtel and all of the truly great American construction and engineering firms.
Worked for Fish Engineering and Brown and Root for most of my career.
Worked side by side with hands from Fluor and Bechtel on jobs and can truly state that they were totally professional.
Hats off to American Engineering,,,,,
Now lets put it to work in America