Alabama Liquefies Coal

http://www.anl.gov/PCS/acsfuel/preprint%20archive/Files/35_1_BOSTON_04-90_0023.pdf
 
In several earlier dispatches, some time ago now, we reported the US Government's sponsorship of a Coal liquefaction pilot plant project at Wilsonville, Alabama; wherein a "two-stage" Coal conversion process was developed and studied.
 
Herein, we document what we perceive to be related studies of Coal liquefaction processes by the University of Alabama.
 
And, we submit that the technology explained herein could be a unique and forward-thinking concept, perhaps indicating a path to follow which would help to make Coal conversion processes more efficient.
 

Utah Recycles CO2

Co-Electrolysis of Steam and Carbon Dioxide as Feed to a Methanation Reaction
 
In further support of our contention that Carbon Dioxide could and should be viewed as an environmental resource, though one also conveniently available for recovery in more concentrated form directly from artificial, industrial sources, such as cement kilns and petroleum refineries, we present the enclosed and following, presented at the 2007 Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
 

WVU, Pitt & Penn State Present CoalTL

We might, some time ago, have alerted you to the 234th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, held in late August of 2007, in Boston, MA.
 
They had a special segment there devoted to fuels, and, within that segment, an even more special symposium on:  Coal Conversion to Clean Liquid and Gaseous Fuels .
 
West Virginia University, the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University, among an impressive array of others, were all represented there, and we herein present a selection of their offerings.
 

Utah Makes Gasoline from Coal

ScienceDirect - Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis : Production of high octane gasoline components by hydroprocessing, .
 
The work of the University of Utah, as represented herein, invites full review by experts qualified to translate it's import for the rest of us. 
 

Azerbaijan Recycles CO2

http://www.anl.gov/PCS/acsfuel/preprint%20archive/Files/41_4_ORLANDO_08-96_1425.pdf
 
Azerbaijan, we're certain, though located somewhere in the far Asia Minor barrens North by Northeast from Bumstump, Egypt, must be a beautiful and sophisticated nation.
 
That said, aside from some fairly remote Natural Gas deposits of an extent that might yet remain to be fully determined, they don't have a lot of basic resources to work with, aside from sand and air.