[NewHampshireDuo]

Somewhere in this is an episode of “Dirty Jobs.”

[Obie Wan]

I’ve been saying for years WE’VE got coal right here in the US of A,let’s figure out how to use the stuff. I suspect our friends in the oil industry have had at least a small influence on why we haven’t investigated this alternative closer but when gas and oil products get high enough to cripple the economy maybe we’ll reconsider !!!

[stboz]

This is what our arabian sand...uh...dwellers fear the most.

Do it.

[granite]

Back in 1949, the Bureau of the Mines in Louisville, Missouri  put together a
demonstration plant to produce gasoline from coal.  Raw coal was first crushed to about 3/4 inch size and then pulverized in a ball-mill  to less than 60 mesh, then dried to 1 or 2 percent moisture content.  This is mixed with a small quantity of catalyst, such as iron oxide or tin oxalate, and with a heavy oil into a paste containing about 47 percent solids.  Steam-driven pumps at 10,000 psi force this paste into a radiant-type heater in which the high pressure tubing is protected by a superheated jacket.
  The plant was designed to work at 700 atmospheres or over 10,000 lb. pressure, in two major steps.  This liquefies the coal and produces gasoline and its by-products.  The output of the plant was from 300 barrels of gasoline  per day depending on the coal used and the catalyst used.  Taken from
ENCARTA 2004 by Microsoft.
 

[bmwcyle]

Making the fuel American DEMS won’t make.

[pabianice]

*psst* ...biodiesel... US restaurants produce 28,000,000,000 gallons of used cooking oil per year... pass it on

[VOA]

bump

[CPT Clay]

Bump

[Rick_Michael]

Thanks for posting, will read into.

[Red Badger]

Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.......

If you want on or off the DIESEL "KnOcK" LIST just FReepmail me........

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HAT TIP TO NYPOKERFACE!.....

[Red Badger]

IT’S ABOUT TIME!!!!!.......

[IamConservative]

So, we could produce fuel from an abundant domestic resource for a turbo charged compression ignition engine that today can be designed to be very clean burning, get 40+MPG, carry 4 passengers and be reliable for 500,000+ miles with minimal maintenance.

I can’t imagine who would be opposed to such an advancement as that! /s

It’s going to take some serious American entrepreneur spirit to overcome the forces opposing this type of innovation. Technologically speaking, this isn’t a gamble. It is very doable.

[CPT Clay]

What do you think?

[pesto]

This idea makes a lot of sense as the US has nearly 300 years worth of coal and declining oil production. There technology is very well-established and has been practiced on a large-scale in South Africa for over 50 years. The only issue is the high capital cost of the plants and the time needed to build them and bring them on-stream. Because of this, it might be decades before a significant fraction of our gasoline could be produced from coal.”