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In the 1920s German scientists discovered that it is possible to convert coal to liquids in large quantities. During the 1930s they developed commercial technologies for such conversion, and a major portion of the transportation fuel demand to support the German war effort during World War II was provided by producing liquid transportation fuels from coal. The technologies were developed to a state that they were reliable, although the costs for such fuels were much greater than for fuels from petroleum.
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Wiser, W.H. (2000). Gaseous and Liquid Fuels from Coal. In: Energy Resources. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1226-3_5
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