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To: Canuck Dave who wrote (104306)	1/27/2008 3:50:02 AM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 313035

Most cars in Germany during the war ran on producer gas which was made from wood or synfuel liquid made from coal under IG Farben. Half German fuel was made from the hydrogenation of coal. Auschwitz was an important center of manufacture of this fuel. Fischer Tropsch is somewhat carbon expletive. Biomass conversion is probably cleaner. There are several processes. Most use steam or some other source of H2 for the hydrogen side of the synfuel. Bergius is another process. Currently in use in South Africa. Costs are not that bad for synfuels, about half current price. Oil sands are cheaper by half. The trick is to reduce carbon and other pollutants. EC<:-}