@Dave_von_s Yes, they (SASOL) did, and as of at least 2005, still do:

https://www.sasol.com/media-centre/media-releases/sasol-produces-15-billion-barrels-synthetic-fuel-coal-fifty-years

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

#Synfuels #FischerTropsch #SASOL #SouthAfrica

Last night: GgdT supports the #EndeGelaende yellow finger blocking climate change driver #Sasol with an overnight vigil. //
Letzte Nacht: GgdT unterstützt den gelben Finger, der Klimakiller Sasol blockiert, mit einer Dauermahnwache.
#racistclimate #shalemustfall