So why hasn’t any country invested in coal liquefaction yet? It would solve the energy problem.
>>532251255Because then we might turn too much coal to liquid, and stop the spin of the earth when the oil runs dry.
>>532251255It's super inefficient and expensive, no one's going to take a risk developing this in peace time, and the development is too slow to do it [i]ad hoc[/i].
>>532251255It doesn't solve the problem because it's too expensive and the process itself requires energy.
>>532251255You mean like Hitler did? What are you? a fucking nazi! This is antisemetic!
>>532251310this. stop the world from spinning if we did that.>>532251311which is why germany did it during WW 2, eh!>>532251390Leafs should be raked and not heard. >>532251465what th... oh wait, this is me..
>>532251545>which is why germany did it during WW 2, eh!They had no other choice, and they depended heavily on TEL.
>>532251255Its uneconomical. Its cheaper to just mine oil and burn coal then to turn coal into oil.
>>532251255The EROI is too low compared to other means.simple as
>>532251255>>532251311>>532251390Both South Africa and China do it commercially:>Sasol Secundahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secunda_CTL>Ningxia coal-to-oil projecthttps://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/chinese-alchemy-cheap-fuel-powers-coal-to-gas-chemicals-boom-2025-09-04/
>>532251255just because it's feasible doesn't mean it's viable
>>532251255I build synthetic coal plants in hoi4
>>532251255China has
