• Historically, Fischer-Tropsch GTL plants were subsidized by governments desiring an internal source of liquid fuels.
  
  
• Fischer-Tropsch GTL plants are huge in order to achieve economical operation.
  
  
• Exorbitant capital costs present a barrier to many who are interested in GTL.
  
  
• Only about 200 of the 15,000 gas fields outside North America are big enough to support a Fischer-Tropsch GTL plant.