The Pickens Plan Changes Its Strategy [View article]
There is only one person that T. Boone cares about and that is T. BOONE! The media as usual swallows all his hype without and research into what is entailed with any of his plans.
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.
The Pickens Plan Changes Its Strategy [View article]
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.