IS IT PROFITABLE TO PRODUCE AND USE SYNTHETIC FUELS INSTEAD OF TRADITIONAL ONES?
The article conducted calculations of the economic feasibility of creating production and consumption capacities for an alternative type of fuel - synthetic. There are a assumption about the efficiency of using he Fischer - Tropsch catalytic mechanism for chemical processing of hydrogens. With help of instruments of statistical analysis study shows that the artificial fuel obtained in this way will be competitive in prices, and investments on its production will pay off. Regression relationships of prices for natural and artificial fuels are determined and are useful for forecasting. As a result of a comparative analysis of synthetic fuel with traditional competitors, this type of fuel has advantages as a type of basic raw material from an economic and technological points of view. The presented results of the calculations and the conclusions formulated by the authors can be useful for practical economists and researchers specializing in investment in the development of synthetic fuels.