# 1923 German technology = cheap gas

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**Created:** [August 31, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1923-german-technology-cheap-gas/1948 "2005-08-31T20:35:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1923-german-technology-cheap-gas/1948/4 "2005-09-01T06:16:23Z")

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i understand that we mine it already, but you need to look at how much it will cost to build a refinery. that cost, opperating costs, and the cost of workers needs to be covered by their selling price.

you can take a guess and say it costs as much to build and run one of these joints as it costs to run a conventional refinery. so that brings us back to “how much does it cost to refine x amount of oil to 1 gallon of gas?”. without knowing that, the current cost of coal, or how much coal is needed to make 1 gallon of gas this is kinda pointless. if coal is cheap (which i am sure it is) but it takes 50 lbs to make 1 gallon of gas, then it may not be worth it.

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