Hell with this, why aren’t we gasifying coal, Sasol-style? The US isn’t a country so much as an enormous coal deposit with some dirt on top.
(Not that we shouldn’t do this too)
Remember that Sasol (and Germany) went FT on coal because they couldn’t get enough liquid fuel at any price. Prices matter.
There is a reason their Coal-to-Liquid commercial operation has not be built in any other country, in spite of their many years of marketing it.
They have had success in selling GTL technology.