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 !!!
I suspect, like Oil Shale, when we develop this resource, it will mostly be the oil industry making it happen.