Low-cost process produces natural gas from algae

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ^ | May 6th, 2009 | Unknown

[decimon]

Not sure if this is a new one.

[decimon]

Slime gas ping.

[I Hate Obama]

“That doesn’t cost enough money. Cover it up.”

-Probably what 0bama is saying about his green policies.

[americanophile]

If it’s privately funded and means we buy less from the people who hate us, I’m for it.

[DesertRhino]

You know, they also say if you drill a hole in the ground you can find VAST pressurized pockets of it trapped it the strata. Oh well, it’s prob just another urban legend,,,

[Prophet in the wilderness]

I have drove machines run by propane, but, has anyone here drove a car or truck with it ? .. how safe is it ? more / less safe than a gasoline vehicle ?

[decimon]

If it’s privately funded and means we buy less from the people who hate us, I’m for it.

I'll drink to that.

[DesertRhino]

It’s GREAT!! Think of a Crown Victoria, with the fuel tank taking up most of the trunk. Having a little less than spectacular acceleration, and with 90 or 100 miles range in the city!!

[Paladin2]

"has anyone here drove a car or truck with it"

A long time ago, in Canada. Ran fine.

[CarmichaelPatriot]

Add GTL process to this and you’d have a very clean diesel type fuel.

[Paladin2]

"Having a little less than spectacular acceleration"

I believe that I had a boss once who had a propane powered drag car. Propane has a high octane rating and the engine can be built with a high compression ratio. Turbo or supercharging shouldx get you reasonable performance.

[decimon]

I have drove machines run by propane, but, has anyone here drove a car or truck with it ? .. how safe is it ? more / less safe than a gasoline vehicle ?

Propane gives a bigger "blowed up real good" than natural gas so I'd guess it's less safe than gasoline in a motor vehicle.

[decimon]

A long time ago, in Canada. Ran fine.

Propane?

[DesertRhino]

What it’s actually super good, at is firing power plants to generate electricity, and for light industrial and home use. It’s clean, and we have more than we can use domestically.

Unfortunately the AlGore crowd hates it too.

[Paladin2]

Ford used to sell propane cars in Canada. They had pumps at the gas stations.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" so I'd guess it's less safe than gasoline in a motor vehicle. "
Naaaa .... I don't want to be stuck in a Pinto car....
How soon is it going to be when GM will start selling those Flintstone cars that you push with your feet that the Greenies want us to drive ? after all ? isn't that the direction that they want us to go ? to turn us back into the stone age ?

[Paladin2]

http://www.autogaspropane.com/why_propane_auto.htm

[Red_Devil 232]

Sure, my dad had his 1982 Dodge truck converted to run on propane. He had duel 18 gal. gas tanks that came with the truck and a sixty gal. propane tank in the bed. He pulled a house trailer with it. Flip a couple of switches on the dash and you could run on either propane or gas. I sold the truck last year and it was still running good - gas or propane!

[Dan(9698)]

Propane gives a bigger "blowed up real good" than natural gas so I'd guess it's less safe than gasoline in a motor vehicle.

There are a lot of propane vehicles on the road right now.

It doesn't get as much power or mileage, the price is a little lower, so it costs about the same per mile as gasoline.

[DesertRhino]

Oh sure, i don’t doubt that. You can build super engines on everything. But we are talking about converting existing passenger engines into running on it. Thats not so good. And dragsters only go 1/4 mile. CNG cars have extremely short range.

Our city bought them for the police in some PC grant program. Within a year they were being used by cops that worked inside schools all day and didnt need any range, and other assorted city workers that didnt drive much except maybe one short trip a day.