Truth. Did you also know that we have ways to turn coal into a gas that burns clean? Basically, they grind coal into a fine mist and inject it into an engine.

Ever heard of flash fires at flour Mills because of the fine particulate size of the flour and suddenly a spark ignites the whole thing?

Now think of coal, ground down to the size of flour.

The ignitability of coal is much greater than that of flour.

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Posted by GeauxLSUGeaux

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Posted on 7/2/22 at 8:10 am to 10thyrsr

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Did you also know that we have ways to turn coal into a gas that burns clean? Basically, they grind coal into a fine mist and inject it into an engine.

Germany had a process all the way back in ww2 to make synthetic fuel out of coal. They had lots of coal and very little oil. They still felt the necessity to invade Russia’s oil rich lands in the Caucasus region. Japan had the same thing and basically bombed Pearl Harbor to make absolutely sure they could invade Indonesian islands and take their oil rich lands without any US intervention. Both of these moves were made out of necessity and both were very big proponents of them losing the war. But Japan and Germany both had a lot of coal and the process in which to make it a fuel synthetically. In fact, it was very good for their airplanes. But the process to make it a fuel is a lot more complex than just pumping oil out of the ground and thus more cost effective.

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Posted by baybeefeetz

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Posted on 7/2/22 at 8:52 am to 10thyrsr

That’s interesting. Must cost a lot to power the grinding machines.

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