Posted on 09/17/2012 6:46:59 AM PDT by shortstop
The Bush family has been close to that country of crooks for years.
And those two coasts probably use the most oil of all of flyover country. They have the ‘not in my backyard’ attitude. I wouldn’t care if they drilled for oil in my backyard! I would just put white Christmas lights on it and celebrate! Maybe even start a reality show called “Mailbox Money”. /s
I see nat gas as the future, but it will take many, many years to build the refining-fueling infrastructure, vehicles etc to make it happen. We have to get rid of the damned EPA and DOE, first. Then, the Saudis etc and Venezuela can go eat used kitty litter.
It won’t take that long. Refueling equipement is already being installed in a lot of truck stops. Last year 44% of the garbage trucks ordered were speced for natural gas. Congress could speec the process through Senate S 1863 & House Bill 1380.
With the exception of the compressors, the infrastructure meaning the pipelines is already there. Offering tax credits would make it feasible for many more families to install a home compressor for overnight refueling.
Thanks; I didn’t know it’d progressed that far.
What about auto mfgrs? Can internal combustion engines be readily-modified or will all-new engines and vehicles be needed? Gas stations? Will they become obsolete?
Sorry for all the questions. Do you have a URL which explains all the fundamentals & intricacies of this nat’l nat gas conversion?
I just became convinced of nat gas over the weekend, after these ME riots etc - yeah, I know I’m late to the party - that it’s the future for us and the West.
They’ll still come, and we’ll still have to kill them eventually, or surrender and BE killed.
I know nothing about motor vehicles, could you tell me if truck engines or automobile engines for that matter, can be easily adapted to liquified natural gas? Would it be necessary to make changes in the engines? I have heard T. Boone Pickens on the radio talking about putting the country’s trucks on LNG.
Here’s what I found so far. Cost in 4th paragraph:
http://www.truckertotrucker.com/blog/lng-trucks/
I’m still poking around; if I find something more concrete, I’ll copy you on it.
Abso-frickin-lutely.
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