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2005/9/1-2 [Reference/History/WW2/Germany, Science/GlobalWarming] UID:39396 Activity:nil
9/1     Where did Germany get oil from during WWII?
        \_ A lot came from northern shore, Scandanavia. They also produced
           oil from coal and gas through fancy (but costly) methods.
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           \_ Oil was Germany's weak spot in the war.  Hitler's obsession with
              autarky is a partial explanation for the insane expansionism
              of Nazi Germany.  The change of thrust towards the Caucasus
              after the takeover of Moscow failed was motivated by oil.
                -- ilyas
        \_ Romania (Ploesti) had massive refineries and oil fields.  I
           wouldn't put as much emphasis on German striving for self-
           sufficiency as, say, Japan (where oil and metal were actually
           major factors in their going to war with the US)  -John
           \_ err... US was supplying oil and scrap metals to fuel its
                invasion of China prior to Pearl Harbor...
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The end process of it is more close to natural gas than typical petro fuel you put into your car. while coal gasification has a lot of benefit, lowering gas price is not one of them. And FYI, petro industry has little incentive to gasify coal cuz Bush country just relaxed the environmental standard on tail gas emission in its "clear sky initiative." The reason I am asking is because I regard the cost of doing this as a reasonable "maximum" price that gasoline can go to. I think the Germans used 3 different processes or so--also look for PAG -- used during WWII, but I'm not sure if that's just for engine oil or also fuel oil. I think National Carbide and IG Farben did a lot of research on these.