Comments on: China, coal liquefaction, and more… http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/01/08/china-coal-liquefaction-and-more/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: PhillDoc http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/01/08/china-coal-liquefaction-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-17 PhillDoc Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:19:10 +0000 http://climate.columbia.edu/blog/?p=141#comment-17 Great story as for me. It would be great to read something more about that matter.

]]> By: Jim Newberry http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/01/08/china-coal-liquefaction-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Jim Newberry Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:05:58 +0000 http://climate.columbia.edu/blog/?p=141#comment-16 Hello from New Haven,

Just a quick thought for a writing subject. How about an article describing the ways that humans are becoming a powerful positive feedback for climate dissruption along with arctic melt, methane hydrates, etc? Your article about China just said that their “gasoline” will be two or three times worse than even the tradgedy of “regular.”

Regards, Jim 203-389-8219

]]> By: coal liquefaction http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/01/08/china-coal-liquefaction-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-15 coal liquefaction Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:15:44 +0000 http://climate.columbia.edu/blog/?p=141#comment-15 The major objective of coal liquefaction is to produce synthetic oil to supplement the natural sources of petroleum. Liquid and solid products from coal can be used for fueling transportation vehicles, providing fuels for power generation, and yielding raw materials for chemicals. Coal-liquefaction plants will be expensive, but their products should be very competitive when world oil production declines.

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