Rapid Switch From Oil To Coal Possible?

Suppose we really are hitting or getting close to hitting peak oil. An obvious question comes to mind: How long would it take to scale up Coal-To-Gas (CTG) and Coal-To-Liquid (CTL) plants? The answer to that question depends on many factors. One of those factors is how rapidly plants could be built that would do CTG and CTL conversions. Turns out we have a fairly recent example of construction of a CTG plant in the form the of the Beulah North Dakota Great Plains Synfuels Plant which was built in about 3 years.

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