[Republican Wildcat]

There has been talk of doing the same in Kentucky. I don't know much about coal gasification as far as being efficient...

[M. Espinola]

In states with an abundant domestic coal supply, gasification is very feasible. One positive note is what was normally considered 'throw away coal' or 'coal dust' can be liquefied into various forms of fuel in the new high tech coal gasification plants.

Coal Converts

Coal Gasification 2006: Roadmap to Commercialization

Brazil has already gone full steam ahead with cane sugar gasification due to the fact the South American economic giant is the leader in the production of cane sugar, in addition, oranges, coffee and Brazil has even taken the lead in soybeans.

Ethanol fuel in Brazil