From: null@void.com   
      
   You make a good point - you could also inject water to get hydrogen too.   
   As this is to be used at the power-station, if the gas is 100%   
   carbon-monoxide that isn't an issue.   
      
   There is in-situ coal gasification in the geological strata - which is   
   done, fuelling power-plants - with mix of CO and H2.   
      
   A lot of the point here is to take open-cast pit quarried coal and have   
   a heaps of it - millions of tonnes per.  Even if you have no coal   
   yourself - import it in bulkers across the sea.  To give yourself time   
   if things go a bit topsy-turvy.   
      
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