Like most of our submissions on the actual cost of petroleum-based liquid fuel, this one is somewhat aged, it was published on August 13, 1987.
However, it is yet another disclosure of the hidden costs of gasoline derived from imported petroleum, and what the true price we pay for that gas is.
One brief excerpt:
"But the perspective of $5 gasoline makes almost any alternative look attractive."
Now, they're talking about the real cost in 1987.
The real cost now should make "any alternative look" downright beautiful.
Well, coal-to-liquid conversion isn't just "any alternative". It's a proven technology that generates demonstrably cheaper and cleaner liquid fuels, could create millions of domestic jobs and would enhance our national security.
Coal-to-Liquid technology is a real alternative, and even "Beautiful" doesn't seem adequate to describe it.