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In the real world there are only 2 (two) insurance companies that insure the storage and distribution of LNG, CNG, Propane or any other form of natural gas. Guess what! Their cost are like medical malpractice insurance and for good reason. Accidents that involve this fuel have the highest mortality rate of any type of energy accident. Multiply that time 10's of thousands fueling points necessary to properly distribute natural gas products and you can see the dilemma.

In the Authors last paragraph he mentions methanol. Methanol hasn't been used as a fuel additive for the masses in the US for at least 20 years. Groundwater contaminated with Methanol is almost impossible to clean up, No one in the industry willl touch it, except for limited uses.

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In the real world there are only 2 (two) insurance companies that insure the storage and distribution of LNG, CNG, Propane or any other form of natural gas. Guess what! Their cost are like medical malpractice insurance and for good reason. Accidents that involve this fuel have the highest mortality rate of any type of energy accident. Multiply that time 10's of thousands fueling points necessary to properly distribute natural gas products and you can see the dilemma.

In the Authors last paragraph he mentions methanol. Methanol hasn't been used as a fuel additive for the masses in the US for at least 20 years. Groundwater contaminated with Methanol is almost impossible to clean up, No one in the industry willl touch it, except for limited uses.

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It's been 35 years since our first taste of how ENERGY could be used as a political weapon and they have done absolutey NOTHING!]]> Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:50:03 -0400
It's been 35 years since our first taste of how ENERGY could be used as a political weapon and they have done absolutey NOTHING!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/96931-yesterday-s-crude-spike-most-cut-and-dry-case-of-speculation-yet?source=feed#comment-262366 262366 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:28:21 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/92363-did-big-oil-take-advantage-of-light-sweet-crude?source=feed#comment-237726 237726
I would imagine you could show the crude prices were the inverse to the financial sector during these same periods as players moved their money from one sector to the other, which I might suggest is more accurate. Just look at last week’s crude price spike. Using the EIA’s data would have indicated a big price drop, however the financials outlook outweighed crude inventories hence a short lived crude spike. That is not to say that crude won’t rise over the long run.

One final point, the Big Oil Companies are not the largest retailers of gasoline in the USA. Branded as well as unbranded wholesalers have a much larger market share. Most branded i.e., Exxon-Mobile, Shell, Chevron, etc., retail units are owned and operated by independent wholesalers. Virtually all home heating oil is supplied by independent wholesalers. Very few of these companies are publicly traded.
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I would imagine you could show the crude prices were the inverse to the financial sector during these same periods as players moved their money from one sector to the other, which I might suggest is more accurate. Just look at last week’s crude price spike. Using the EIA’s data would have indicated a big price drop, however the financials outlook outweighed crude inventories hence a short lived crude spike. That is not to say that crude won’t rise over the long run.

One final point, the Big Oil Companies are not the largest retailers of gasoline in the USA. Branded as well as unbranded wholesalers have a much larger market share. Most branded i.e., Exxon-Mobile, Shell, Chevron, etc., retail units are owned and operated by independent wholesalers. Virtually all home heating oil is supplied by independent wholesalers. Very few of these companies are publicly traded.
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