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63 comments on Is there a CTL in your future

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Stuart Staniford on May 18, 2006 - 4:43am

Given that during the .com era investors were willing to fund business models like ordering heavy low-value petfood over the Internet, a CTL plant might not be too much of a stretch as the oil/commodities sector prices get more bubbly.

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Valuethinker on May 24, 2006 - 11:41am

The time to payoff is vastly greater than it was for the Internet companies. At least 5 years to build a plant, and nearly 10 from start to full production, including site acquisition, environmental approvals etc.

These projects will either be done by very large energy/mining companies, who can spread the risk over many projects

and/or

with the help of government loan guarantees.