Howabout oil from COAL..and tar sands...already proven technology
We'll definitely see more fuel from those sources in the future.
Tell you what. Loan me $10 billion for ten years, and by golly you will be able in ten years to buy oil made from coal and oil made from oil shale straight from a shiny new plant. Or two plants, one of each kind. For $200 a barrel.
Reclaiming oil from tar sands in viable, functioning technology. Forget about liquid fuels from coal - use the coal to fuel power plants and save the oil for other applications like vehicle fuel. Add nuclear power generation to this and produce low cost electricity anywhere in the country. Then develop alternatives to gasoline and diesel for powering vehicles.
Let's not forget about thermal depolymerization. It can render just about any organic material into oil.
Can you imagine if America replaced every sewage treatment plant with a thermal depolymerization facility? Oil from sewage...
Nice try. Unfortunately, getting oil from tar sands requires a HUGE resevoir with which to dump the contaminants. I hate the Canadians usually, but they are an indicator of what that technology does. People don't like man made lakes period, let alone man made lakes of waste.
And coal is a fossil fuel, but doesn't burn nearly as good or clean as petroleum. In fact, that's why we shifted TO petroleum and AWAY from coal in the early 21st Century.
But I do like the Biomass idea, and especially the nuke power deal. I don't know why they aren't being exploited more now.