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They have a large coal mining industry.
by ahartmetz 10mo ago
They have a large coal mining industry.
- Workaccount2 10mo agoAnd consume 50% of global coal production. But coal is the worst fossil fuel from a practical stance. It's really only good for energy generation. You can't really power tanks or warships with it.
- ahartmetz 10mo agoOh, you can convert coal to liquid fuels if you have to. Germany produced low single digit millions of tons per year during World War 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergius_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergius_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer%E2%80%93Tropsch_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer%E2%80%93Tropsch_proces...