Ed. Note: From time to time, MasterResource reaches back in energy history to document bad governmental ideas. The example before is surprisingly recent–just before the shale revolution destroyed the case for synthetic oil and gas (not to mention wind, solar, and even nuclear in power generation) as market-competitive. “In March [2006], the [U.S. Department of] … Continue reading Replacing Crude Oil: The 2006 Debate Revisited (coal oil in play)