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  • Making Natural Gas Transportation a Reality [View article]
    FITZMAN--
    nicely done for all.

    anyone looking for NG entry in Asia of the types covered here could look into:

    CHNG, OTC.OB
    SNEN, NASDAQ
    WPRT has already partnered up in China i believe.
    May 07 10:49 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
  • Book Review: Robert Hefner's 'The Grand Energy Transition' [View article]
    H2 from gasification, electrolysis, extraction from gasoline,etc. many sources/processes. how clean[carbon free] do you wish to achieve?


    On Mar 12 03:56 PM jimmy46 wrote:

    > Hydrogen, the holy grail of energy, is the simplest and cleanest
    > of all fuels.""""""""
    >
    > WHAT TRIPE!!!
    >
    > SO HOW DO WE GET HYDROGEN?
    > DOES IT GROW ON TREES?
    > CAN WE DRILL FOR IT?
    >
    > OR DO WE HAVE TO BURN SOMETHING TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY
    > TO PRODUCE.....
    Mar 12 23:12 pm |Rating: 0 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Book Review: Robert Hefner's 'The Grand Energy Transition' [View article]
    fitz--[comment to jamup]--
    most heavy duty, long range,or high torque reqts will require LNG. REFERENCE CLNE[two current high capacity LNG plants[TEX/CALIF]. Westport and Westport Cummins web sites. also ngvammerica. taxi, auto fleets, trash/utility, buses focus on CNG. the toughies use LNG. many large facility stations supplying both CNG, LNG will use LNG feeders.


    On Mar 11 10:32 PM Michael Fitzsimmons wrote:

    > Jimbo: sorry to hear about your Seven Seas investment. i guess i
    > should investigate the matter as i must plead ignorance. i agree
    > with the rest of your comment only to add why stop at buses and fleets?
    > natural gas goes to 63 million homes..why not refuel why we sleep?
    > we could reduce oil imports by 6-7 million barrels within 5 years
    > if we put our minds (and our industry) to it, and create lots of
    > good jobs at the same time.
    >
    > jljamup: in this time of US economic, environmental, and energy crisis
    > your comment is, well, simply not helpful. if you care to debate
    > the logic contained in the book, then i'm happy to oblige. if you'd
    > like to present your own solution, i am all ears. otherwise, i just
    > assume that you are happy with the status quo and therefore a waste
    > of time.
    >
    > tedfoo: you said "LNG" (liquified natural gas), did you mean CNG?
    > i don't mean to nitpick, but natural gas produced in the US doesn't
    > need to be liquified, just put it in the pipelines, and use compressors
    > to fuel the CNG tanks in the cars, buses, trucks, etc. etc. no need
    > for costly liquification. wrt particulates, you are onto something.
    > everyone focuses on CO2 emissions from coal, but anyone who has visited
    > kingston, TN lately can see the results of over 50 years of coal
    > burning. as you are aware, natural gas is clean CH4, no particulates!
    > i share your concern with obama wrt natural gas....i don't think
    > he GET's it. time will tell.
    Mar 12 22:55 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
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