2722.     PORTER, H. C.  Coal as an Auxiliary Source of Gasoline Supply.  Chem. and Eng. News, vol. 22, 1944, p. 904.

        In connection with a possible shortage of petroleum and natural gas, the possibility is discussed of obtaining gasoline through the conversion of coal into water gas and thence into gasoline by the Fischer-Tropsch process.  An estimation is given of the costs in the coal process, and a comparison is made with the cost of gasoline produced in a refinery.