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Chemistry of Coal Conversion (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)
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Chemistry of Coal Conversion (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)
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The impetus for this book is twofold. First, in response to the
well documented oil shocks of the 1970s there arose a resurgence of
research activity in the synthetic fuels area. This book attempts
to capture some of the leading edge advances which have been made
over the past decade in the area of the chemistry of coal
conversion. The second driving force behind this book is to jog
people's memories about the fundamental truths of the energy
industry, i. e. , there IS a finite amount of liquid hydrocarbons
on and under the earth's surface, most of the easy to find,
produce, and use liquid hydrocarbons have been exploited, and the
real need continues to be for liquid hydrocarbons for use as trans
portation fuels. The uncertainty is not if synthetic liquids will
be needed, but rat her when they will be needed. The inability to
answer that question accurately caused many of the financial and
research disruptions following the double shocks of the 1970s.
Since future projections can only be based upon the historical
record, they cannot anticipate major disruptions such as, e. g. ,
discovery of huge easily producible oils fields, or, on the other
side, global or regional economic disruptions such as warfare. With
this level of uncertainty, then, the second impetus is to point out
how much research remains to be done at a time when fiscal support
for fossil fuels research in the Uni ted States is rapidly
spiraling downward.
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