Posted on 06/03/2008 3:11:10 PM PDT by K-oneTexas
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Really? Ever ask yourself why Rommel was in North Africa? Oil wells. The Fischer-Tropsch liquification process was used to make diesel out of coal, but it was even more inefficient than this article makes it out to be, and wasn't used until very late in the war, after Germany lost it's crude oil sorces in North Africa.
Similarly, the reason the Japanese invaded the Philippines was so they could control that part of the Pacific and get crude oil from Indonesia (Dutch East Indies.)
Some historians don't focus much on science and technology.
Now, here’s some black power that can do us some real good.
iirc they also had cars that ran on coal heated by a wood fire in the trunk and the coal offgas ran the engine...
LOL!
We need to do this ASAP, and secure OUR future independent of the Islamic jihad supporting middle east oil fields. Let them drink the stuff.
I thought Rommel was in Africa in order to seal off the
British Empah via the Suez Canal. IIRC the discovery of
oil in North Africa was a postwar event.
Who’s selling the stock, or the technology? I’m game to buy.
The environmentalist have already shot this down.
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...
I’ve heard of a WWII “wood-burning Mercedes” and I believe the German term for it is “Holzgas-Generator”. Saw a photo of a Volkswagen equipped with this device.
“iirc they also had cars that ran on coal heated by a wood fire in the trunk and the coal offgas ran the engine... “
Producer gas! I have a reprint of a British book from WWII detailing the conversions- coal, wood, or coke was cooked, and the gas used as fuel for vehicles.
This guy:
Sometimes has reprints.
and thats what i remember seeing was a Benz...
thx...
“I am a WWII buff and have read many books on all the Theaters for the US & ALlies as well as Germany, Italy and Japan, however never read about the Fischer-Tropsch process.”
Funny you should say that. Mitt Romney actually brought this up in his Presidential campaign and was skewered for it. The usual nonsense about having the audacity to refer to the Nazis and the like.
http://boards.washingtoncaps.com/index.php?showtopic=52839&st=0&p=986286&#entry986286
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