Why is it to expensive to be practical? The Germans were fueling a war with it way back in the early 1940's. It couldn't have been that to expensive. They had to be making huge quantities to fuel the vast numbers of airplanes and tanks and other vehicles. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > It can be made from coal, even wood. > It's too expensive to produce, to be practical. > Search it at Wikipedia - bet you can read about there a lot. > Scott > www.turbovans.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > John Rodgers > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 5:37 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Synth Fuel > > I was watching a show on the History Channel about the war with Germany, > and the narrator was telling about the maximized effort to blow up and > destroy the synthetic fuel plants in Germany. > > WHAT?????? > > SYNTHETIC FUEL the man said. > > I sat bolt upright in my chair - SYNTHETIC FUEL ..... that really caught > my attention. > > But, ans luck would have it, manufacturing of synthetic fuel in Germany > was not mentioned again in the show. > > Now I ask you, if the Germans were making enough synthetic fuel to run > a war, why the sam heck are we not making synthetic fuel to run our > country. > > Something stinks about this. > > What say you all.. > > Regards, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.14/1425 - Release Date: 5/9/2008 > 12:38 PM > > > |
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