topfuel wrote:Not looking for simple answer or wikiped's any better ?
smallpoxgirl wrote:It's a polymer. Like plastic. It's made by chemical processes from substrates that are derived from petroleum. If your question is why we can't use it as a replacement from petroleum, the answer is that it's made from petroleum molecules that are taken apart and then put back together in specific ways.topfuel wrote:Not looking for simple answer or wikiped's any better ?
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
ROCKMAN wrote:Also, the Germans during WWII were making oil from coal. As with many potential fixes out there it's not a technical issue...it's a financial issue.
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