Coal Based Cars?

A new take on an old resource...

Human intuition. Kinda neat we are. We look at every system and search for a potential benefit. We have turned into evolving our environment for us. Our human evolution is creeping along. We are taller and smarter these days. Our collection of ideas is growing. Maybe we will attack this thirst of future energy with a rainbow of solutions, all eating tiny bits away.

If we can survive...

"For cars, he says the company's processes can be used to produce barrels of "oil" for car fuel that will cost about half of what conventional oil costs today, which is around $50.

What's the secret? Coal , a word that makes most people's flesh crawl. Silverado takes low-grade coal, pulverizes it and cooks it under pressure with water until it develops a waxy coating. The waxy coal particles are then reunited with carbon-infused water removed at an earlier part of the process to make a liquid fuel. So think of it as a coal latte. "


Coal latte, eh?