Twofer: Good News for Energy Diversity and Bad News for the Mullahs

Awhile back I wondered why we weren't jumping on SASOL's coal to liquids technology. Not just jumping on it actually, but why weren't we seeking to quasi-monopsonize it given the fact that Iran is very interested in this technology - because they need refined gasoline and the human rights give-a-shit Chinese have tons of coal to trade for oil and natgas.

Today, I read this via Instapundit. Very encouraging. Hopefully the terms are good enough to the technology's providers that they will choose to forgo sales to Iran, an offer they can't refuse so to speak.