The photo shows the face of Dr. Tropsch superimposed on a photo of Dr. Fischer as a young man working in his laboratory. (I wonder if Dr. Fischer actually wore the tie and coat during his experiments.) While at any time since its discovery there has always been a place in the world where the Fischer-Tropsch process was being carried on in a cost-effective way, those places have usually been far from the US. As one might expect, the process reached a peak of productivity in Germany in WWII. Currently it is popular in South Africa as a source of diesel fuel. The United States Air Force operates plants that use the process to make aviation fuel. It offers the strategic advantage of providing a stable price that is unaffected by world politics.
       Note that illuminating gas is a rather poor choice as a starting material for the Fischer-Tropsch reaction. Other producer gasses that have more hydrogen are better choices.