Fischer-Tropsch Process and the Democrat Congress
With the energy crisis spiraling out of control and alternative energy sources in demand the process of turning coal in to liquid fuel would be a no brainer. The United States holds over a quarter of the world’s coal reserves and could satisfy our energy demands for the next 200 years. The
Fisher-Tropsch process is the key to unlocking coal’s potential as a liquid fuel in a short amount of time.
The process was invented in oil scarce Germany during the 1920s to produce liquid fuels. Germany's
synthetic fuel production reached more than 124,000 barrels per day in 1944 when half of their economy and their armed forces ran on synthetic fuel.
After the war, captured German scientists recruited in
Operation Paperclip continued to work on synthetic fuels in the United States in a
United States Bureau of Mines program initiated by the
Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act of 1944.
The US government funded coal liquefaction research for 40 years and even started the Synthetic Fuels Corporation in response to the 1979 energy crisis:
The Synthetic Fuels Corporation was established in 1980 by the Synthetic Fuels Corporation Act to create a market for alternatives to imported fossil fuels. The corporation was abolished by President Reagan during the 1980’s oil glut.
President Reagan had this to say in 1984 as he began the dismantlement of the Synthetic Fuels Corporation, being the fiscal conservative that he was:
"Synthetic fuels held promise as an economically competitive alternative to traditional fuel sources. Proponents of the current law argued that the Federal program would have little or no impact on the deficit and established an extremely rapid and ambitious schedule for developing a commercial synthetic fuels industry....[T]he presumptions that underlie the current synthetic fuels program have proven at variance with the realities of the market place. It is now apparent that developing a commercial synthetic fuels industry at the pace envisioned by the Energy Security Act of 1980 would require enormous direct budget outlays that would not be offset by any economic benefits."
As the price of oil continues to climb, industry in the United States is once again looking for alternatives to imported petroleum. Coal liquefaction is being evaluated once again as a cheaper alternative to imported oil.
The question is why our Congress still sits idly by when the synthetic fuels industry should be restarted. I mean they did it for almost 40 years! Answer: The current Democrat controlled Congress does not want you to have cheaper energy prices. It’s another reason to vote out the lame Democrat Congress that will do anything to get Obama elected even if it means to make you suffer at the pump. Not to mention the nutty environmentalist whackos would have a cathartic rupture if we decided to use coal on a massive scale, even if the process has been made "green".
