The price of oil is about to crash! Synfuel deja vu. Not only do we have idiots whose lack of knowledge has impoverished the third world because of a mandate to convert corn to fuel (and thereby enrich Archer Daniels Midland) we now have idiots who what to subsidize the construction of synthetic fuel plants.

A well-written and comprehensive article. It's 'deja vu' all over again--trying to get gas and oil out of rocks. Twice before when everyone tried to do it, lots people, companies, and towns throughout the West went broke. And this time it looks like it going to cost even tons more to create even tons more pollution.

So full of junk ...did Peabody (or was it Sherman) write this. Not one question about history of profit for the energy sector, coal industry...The same WASP's that subsidized enron and eliminated welfare for people want to give away...to millionaires. Could a scientist or two weigh in...? An economist? How is it done in Europe? Only wish some suggestion to trim all present and potential profits to 2%...including construction of facilities, and no more lobbying. What does Paul Kurgman think?

Well sourced, fair, and informative.

This is an immediate answer to the gouging the oil companies are do to us. However, we need to keep the oil companies away from this (they continue to screw us today). Let companies like Silverado Gold Mines Ltd continue to innovate and accelerate this process.