To: engrpat
A ton of coal will produce up to 1.5 barrels of oil. Doesn't seem very efficient to me.
21 posted on
02/19/2010 3:22:41 PM PST by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Interesting to see the process. The shear magnitude of the quantities of coal a refinery would require at the ratio given is mind boggling.
How long does the process take to produce a gal of gas? Are the transportation costs factored into the price? Why not say 1 ton of coal equals 42 gal of gas? I have a hundred questions I like to ask.
We will just have to wait and see.
31 posted on
02/19/2010 3:45:09 PM PST by
Recon Dad
( USMC SSgt Patrick O - 3rd Afghanistan Deployment - Day 122)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts; engrpat
You were saying ...
Doesn't seem very efficient to me.
Have you ever seen how many tons of dirt have to be processed to make an ounce (or however much) of gold? LOL...
It's all in the profit. If you can make a profit, it's efficient, and that's all it takes.
And you saw the numbers expressed in the article -- and that's what you call "profit".
40 posted on
02/19/2010 4:48:19 PM PST by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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