It cost $25/ton to ship coal to market in the 1970's and the governor of Wyoming asked for my help to reduce the cost.  After research and engineering, the solution was to turn coal into a liquid by �cracking�.  Now pipelines can be used to transport the resulting liquid chemicals.  I started the research at the age of 60 and finally, with state funding, built a small plant.  Now the process is being commercialized with a joint venture involving a company in China.

It has taken thirty years starting at sixty

248th National Meeting (2014)

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