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To: Carry_Okie
"Then we could convert that system to LNG. Once the stationary LNG infrastructure was there, then an automotive system might make more sense."

So what do you think of the safety issue of all those people handling LNG?

Remember, it's pressurized to some 2,000 psi in order to become a liquid.

18 posted on 08/19/2003 5:22:08 PM PDT by nightdriver
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To: nightdriver
Remember, it's pressurized to some 2,000 psi in order to become a liquid.

Obviously. That's why I think it's currently such a bad idea for cars. As a substitute for propane delivery however, it might not be so bad. That service is performed by a trained professional. After developing that larger scale infrastructure (IOW from the compression plant to the local distributor, to the tank at a house), the technical developments necessary to fuel cars might be further along: hoses, connectors, crash-worthy fire resistant storage vessels, etc.

Remember, hydraulic hoses with dry break quick-couplers now handle 3ksi with ease.

24 posted on 08/19/2003 6:28:04 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (California! See how low WE can go!)
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