[Who is John Galt?]

Absolutely, 100% perfectly feasible - I’m working on a potential CTL (coal-to-liquids) project right now. You know what? It would probably already be under construction, but the folks that have to invest their hard-earned cash (we’re talking billions, not millions) are worried about the US government imposing European-style CO2 regulations on our country. So (unfortunately, IMHO) the bottom line is this: the D@mocrats (and Jack McCain) want to wipe out our universally acknowledged advantage in solid energy resources (we’re the ‘Saudi Arabia of Coal’), and impose permanently escalating energy prices on the American people, by mandating caps on CO2 emissions. Converting coal to liquid fuels emits substantial quantities of CO2 (but then, so does breathing). So just when we’re in a position to finally achieve energy independence, CTL may be DOA, courtesy of junk science & people like Jack McCain & ‘Babs’ Boxer...

[pray4liberty]

If the environmentalists and liberals want us out of the Middle East and off oil dependency, then they shouldn't stand in the way when an alternative technology like this is developed, but which doesn't fit their 'pictures' exactly. I think coal-to-oil is fascinating and would work, at least in the short-term (50 years). We are not going to have solar or electric cars and the system to support them overnight. We have to live in reality and work with what we have now.

The American people need to grow a spine and just tell these troublemakers to shut up or come up with a workable, viable solution. So far, I haven't seen them doing anything but complain. They even have issues with solar power because of global warming. Give me a break.

[Peelod]

whatever happened to acid rain?