[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I am reminded of an incident about twenty years ago in Tulsa, Ok.
A developer wanted to build houses over a good coal bearing area. A coal company requested the option to mine the coal first then build the houses since it would be imposible to mine the coal if the homes were built. The seam would be strip mined, reclaimed, then the homes built.

The city fathers said NO! so parts of Tulsa are built on good coal which can never be used.

[Guilliamus]

Take a look at Great Plains Synfuels...massive plant in central North Dakota produces about 54 billion cubic feet of natural gas from about 6 million tons of coal annually....was originally a government project.....but is becoming an exceptionally profitable private venture. Know folks who work there...provides some of the best jobs in the region.