» by Shirley Stewart Burns April 8, 2008 at 9:22 pm » Comments (1)

Not in the southern coalfields. It is amazing how the media outlets in southern West Virginia (both television and newspapers) are twisting the good news that came out in the Sunday Charleston Gazette about the Union not opposing an eventual ban on MTR. These stories say close to the same thing, but change it to [...]

» by Denny April 8, 2008 at 12:01 am » Comments (2)

The notion of turning coal into liquid fuels on a big scale has simmered for decades, but only the trade sanctions against apartheid in South Africa resulted in anyone reviving the Nazi-era technology — until now.
$100 Oil = Liquid Coal = ?
(10 min)

7.5 million gallons of water a day
10% reduction in oil dependence = 40% [...]