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Sasol embarking on feasibility study on a US gas-to-liquids facility in Louisiana

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billion barrels of liquid fuels and chemicals from coal and natural gas. Sasol converts gas and coal into liquid fuels, fuel components and chemicals through proprietary Fischer-Tropsch (FT) processes. Gas to Liquids Life Cycle Assessment Synthesis Report (2004). Earlier post.)

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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July, 2009 : A NASA satellite study found that Arctic sea ice had thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record ( earlier post ). “It has implications for us. We can’t run away from it.

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