jack kreg

How Carbon Caps Will Affect Utilities Sector

"some utilities will benefit and other will suffer",
should have said all people will pay much more for power, another poster, said "driving industrial develop to China and India with their lower cost power",
Oh great Cap and trade is another NATFA, driving more American jobs to China and India.
Lets see, power is more expensive and we have fewer jobs, Now that is Change, "Yes we can".

Plug-In Natural Gas Hybrid Vehicles: A Game Changer

I see the reply's braking into;
-nearterm and practical, direct use of NG in IC engines, featuring economy, available in nearterm, abundant supply of fuel in our country (USA),
-longterm, more ideal, significant innovation, considerable opportunity for success and for failure, lower air pollution, if we get more NG and nuclear power plants.

To my point of view, in the current economic collapse, we should be putting emphasis on economy, security (using American fuels), and something that has little risk of getting to market quickly.
My money is on NG fueled IC engines, an effective distribution system (eg So Cal Gas?, and others across the country).

Plug-In Natural Gas Hybrid Vehicles: A Game Changer

to isaac the T, I also commented to fitz's post, that NG was a must, consider these aspects;
-how soon can Detroit begin to sell NG powered cars?
-what will a NG powered vehicle cost to buy?
-can we keep NG prices at reasonable levels, if the USA promotes gas exploration and drilling, hence abundance in our own country, and NG fuel purchases will not flow US $ into the Middle East.
Conversly, the hybrid concept has eventual positives, but
-how soon will Detroit begin selling NG/EE hybrids?
-What will they cost?
-What will be the cost of maintainence?
Answers to these 3 would seem to put a cooler note on the hybrid concept, at least for a decade, hence, I wrote for the simple, cheap and abundantly fueled with USA drilled NG powered car, this solution is right in our hands, we should take it.
thanks for your cleaver thoughts.