Our rocket scientists are working on it now, and we aren't pointing it out that way to be humorous or derisive.
(The "F-T" in the title, in case you wondered, refers to our now-familiar Fischer-Tropsch.)
They, NASA, got us to the moon in less than ten years. Maybe they can free us from the chains of foreign oil suppliers, the way they freed us from the chains of earth's gravity, in the same amount of time.
A meaningful excerpt:
"...we know in the future these fuels are going to become important to aviation. Petroleum is dwindling and you're going to need to make fuel out of coal, natural gas and biomass." — Dan Bulzan, NASA Glenn Research Center and AAFEX project manager
The words of this genuine rocket scientist bear repeating: "...you're (we're - JtM) going to need to make fuel out of coal...".