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$200 Oil Is Coming While We Waste a Perfectly Good Crisis (Part 3)

An excellent article, one of the best I've seen on SA. But I would have liked a discussion on coal liquification-- the conversion of coal to gasoline using the Fischer-Tropsch technology. The break-even point most often seen out there is between $30 and $40 a barrel for oil prices. Any higher oil price makes coal liquification theoretically worth it. I have not seen any analysis, however, of initial costs of building coal liquification plants, nor any of coal's and gasoline's likely prices should this become widespread-- that is, if gasoline production becomes a serious competitor with electrical production and other current major users of coal. Your next article, perhaps?