The Oil Drum | Brian Schweitzer on 60 Minutes last night

Brian Schweitzer on 60 Minutes last night

Posted by Super G on February 27, 2006 - 1:53am
Topic: Alternative energy
Tags: brian schweitzer, coal liquefaction, coal-to-liquids, fischer-tropsch [list all tags]

After having tackled tar sands and climate change, 60 Minutes took on coal liquefaction:

The governor of Montana says he can turn the billions of tons of coal under his state into enough diesel fuel to greatly reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.
And there's an added benefit, says Gov. Brian Schweitzer: the United States will be sticking it to the "rats and crooks" who run the countries that sell oil to us.

We've discussed Mr. Schweitzer and the Fischer-Tropsch method before:

(Hat tip: Daily Kos)

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