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@Dave_von_s Yes, they (SASOL) did, and as of at least 2005, still do:
I thought I'd mentioned that on the #dreddit, though search says otherwise.
The US also attempted to develop a coal-based synfuels technology between 1928--1953, and there was even a Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act (1944). History here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120111183405/http://fossil.energy.gov/aboutus/history/syntheticfuels_history.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_Liquid_Fuels_Program
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Labour, markets, and complex information inflows at scale
...As a system scales, its capability to process complex informational inputs relative to smaller organisation decreases, due to the greater total informational load. That is, broadcast-mode systems are very good at transmitting complex signals, but they can generally only recieve simple, or at best, standardised, inputs. Executive attention and bandwidth are limited....
#dreddit #economics #labour #complexity #information #systems #MarketForLemons #GreshamsLaw