[topher]

The EPA might have a problem with a process that gives off CO2... Otherwise, I wonder why myself...

[thackney]

Hall says that a Fischer-Tropsch plant is lucky to produce a barrel of gasoline for $35 but that a much smaller Synfuels refinery could produce the same barrel for $25.

Because that hopeful statement didn't turn out to be true. They are not the first to produce a working small-scale plant that didn't match their economic hopes when trying to scale up to commercial size.

What they did manage to do is sell the company to AREF Energy, see the logo in the lower left of their home page.

Now see who is AREF.
http://www.arefenergy.com/about-aref.html?1