Engineering, 21.09.2020 02:01, zirconium16

(a) Discuss the societal impact of a major national program to develop synthetic fuel (liquid and gaseous) from coal. (It has been estimated that to reach the level of supply equal to the imports from OPEC countries would require over 50 installations, each costing several billion dollars.) (b) Do you feel there is a basic difference in the perception by society of the impact of a synthetic fuel program compared with the impact of nuclear energy? Why?

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