Crude Substitute: The Folly of Liquid Coal

America is facing critical choices about its energy future; how do we fulfill our energy needs AND combat global warming? The coal industry wants to turn coal into a liquid transportation fuel. But liquid coal would have devastating impacts on our economy, our communities and our environment.

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[bograt101]

Solid film. Thanks.

[haloslayer78]

where fucked live with it end off

[manny48100]

@manny48100

The problem is that there is no alternative for the time being note ethonol can not cater for the petrolium biproducts we also require from oil.

CTL & GTL & TTL is a stop gap, the world is going to need this technology to buy us time to find alternatives eg. electric cars, hydrogen etc.

[manny48100]

Agreed if we use fossil fuel for the heating in the conversion process, but if we use alternative energy in the heating there can be zero emission in the conversion process

[SmilingJack100]

The fact is mainly, coal, besides being cheap when externalities are not figured in, is a terrible fuel source. It releases huge amounts of greenhosue gases, as well as sulfur, which has destroyed about half the lakes in upstate new york north of where I live already and is on it's way to destroying the other half, as well as releasing huge amounts of particulate pollution. This, combined with mining hazards means that by most estimates coal causes more deaths than chernobyl did every year.

[Surbrus]

Wow what? They were ragging on 'Clean Coal' for the entire video, up until about 9:00 minutes... where they say that 'clean coal' is one of the options that should be used to decrease emissions.

Of course they industry wants subsidies, and of course it would prefer not to use emission standards... they are profit seeking private economic agents. Who doesn't want handouts?.. and of course they are against internalizing externalities such as emissions.

[Stego2001]

Replace the coal power plants with nuclear power plants and divert the coal for gasoline.

[TheCaptainLulz]

1. the "unstable foreign government" that sells the us the most oil is...Canada (21% of us imports). 2.if we all drive hybrids and plug them in...to the grid still powered by....coal. 3. instead of whining and appeals to emotion, apply for some of that research funding and find a better way. If its profitable and green, industry will jump on it.