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[quote user="Mookie"] <P>I am so jaded, I can say this now and not blush at my oversight!</P> <P>Coal to Oil seems to be a recent topic on talk radio. I don't want a long dissertation on pros/cons, or quotes from books or printed matter ....just an answer, please.</P> <P>Can we literally move that much coal to provide for what we need now and add plants that will convert coal to oil to satisfy our needs? (we seem to have trouble just getting poor Amtrak across country without long delays!)</P> <P>Mookie</P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P>Quickie answer: Yes.</P> <P>Because the most logical energy policy for the US would be to have most of our non-hydro electricity generated by nuclear power, leaving all that 200+ years worth of coal we have for conversion to liquid transporation fuels. Current coal fired electric generating plants then should be either converted to nuclear power for electricity demands, and/or be converted to coal-to-liquid-fuels plants for transportation fuel demands. </P> <P>Thus, the railroad's share of coal haulage would not diminish as coal plants are converted to liquid fuels plants. There is less optimism that the railroads could handle a full scale conversion program which would be meant to reduce to near zero our imports of foreign oil from unfreindly sources.</P>
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