liquidification

Also liquidification = capital intensive + subsidies + centralization = profits/rents (including distribution grid) + easy transition for existing corps Exxon/Mobil.

Matthew Yglesias » The Trouble With “Energy Independence” 2007

Any new coal burning technology, whether it be liquidification or otherwise, would surely rely on the continuation of such brutal methods of extraction, and carbon output would still be significant.

CounterPunch 2009

Any new coal burning technology, whether it be liquidification or otherwise, would surely rely on the continuation of such brutal methods of extraction, and carbon output would still be significant.

CounterPunch 2009

I kinda like calling coal liquidification “Hitler’s Final Solution” for the lack of standard petroleum within their borders.

Matthew Yglesias » “Hitler’s Fuel” 2007