AndyMan

Wind's Our Future, but Natural Gas Is Now

My vote goes to all electric vehicles.

infastructure is there.

Control pollution at the power plants......add whatever you want to generate the power. its much more resiliant than NG cars.

You can add coal power plants, NG, Nuclear, wind solar, etc.

Wind's Our Future, but Natural Gas Is Now

I don't think hydrogen will really ever get off its feet. its too inefficient to break down molecules.

I mean think about all the energy lost to gather the energy....transmist the energy...and then use energy to break the molecules apart. How much power actually gets stored? like 10-25% of the initial amount of the source? This doesn't seem very efficient at all....battery technology today is MUCH more efficient than that. basically limited to the 35-40% loss of the transmission, and a little to charge the batteries.

NG may have large reserves.....and the E&P companies are proving up large reserves of shale gas. But what is the EROEI on shale gas? Are the flow rates comparable to conventional gas? Do we have enough rigs to drill to maintain growth?

We know from oil that there is a lot of shale out there....but the EROEI is low.....and the cost of infastructure is high......and to do any meaningful addition of FLOW rates to the existing production is difficult.

I feel this is the same for shale gas...although I do own the shale E&P companies for investment.

efficiency and flow rates.......