ATDDTA (6) 177(railroads)

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

> >
> Ummm.. with all respect to Hollander, petroleum
> 
> (1) can be extracted via wells rather than tunnels or strip mining
> (2) [related] is a liquid and thus can do a lot more of the work of 
> moving itself around than coal can
> (3) yields more energy per pound combusted
> (4) leaves almost no solid residue
> 
> Those add up to a pretty compelling techno/economic edge. The whole 
> point of coal liquefaction is to bring to coal advantages that oil 
> already has by its nature, so to point to it and say "see, oil dosn't 
> really have an edge" is a bit perverse.
> 

yeah, but who killed the electric car? (-;