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You take coal, Add heat and steam, out comes CO and hydrgen, together they are gassified coal otherwise known as syngas.

It can be turned directly to electricity in a fuel cell about 4 times more efficiently.

It can also be used to produce anything that comes from petroleum.

Gassified coal is our friend.

[#1CTYankee]

"You take coal, Add heat and steam, out comes CO and hydrgen, together they are gassified coal otherwise known as syngas.

It can be turned directly to electricity in a fuel cell about 4 times more efficiently.

It can also be used to produce anything that comes from petroleum.

Gassified coal is our friend.

Cool.

I read UTC Power has been working on this for ten years, the problem is the company is essentially a R&D, limited production outfit.
Costs were prohibitive based on fossil fuel costs, that may be about to change.

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