[RaceBannon]

The host of the Jacki Daily show has had an impressive career in energy, law, and politics.

Most recently, Jacki served as General Counsel to an engineering firm specializing in energy, national security and environmental cleanup. Previously, she served many years as legal counsel on Capitol Hill to the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and the former Ranking Member of the Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, advising on the oversight of federal agencies. Prior to her career in Washington, she worked as a corporate litigator, and as an Assistant Vice President for a national bank.

She entered public life at a young age, as a finalist in the Miss Teen of America pageant. She also served as the Public Relations Director for a statewide political organization.

Jacki studied Economics, Spanish, and World History at Marshall University (Society of Yeager Scholars), Oxford University in the United Kingdom, and the University of Zaragoza in Spain. She is an alumna of the Vanderbilt University Law School, where she served as the President of the law school’s Federalist Society chapter.

Jacki has an extensive network in her six overstuffed rolodexes from which the show draws its guests—including industry leaders representing all parts of the energy sector (oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, solar, and wind), and government officials, journalists, and political insiders. Often, Jacki will know the day’s most-wanted guest and be able to secure the guest with a personal call.

Jacki is from the Ohio River Valley, where the shale runs deep. She descends from a long line of energy workers, including roughnecks, railroaders, coal miners, and nuclear energy specialists.

[bicyclerepair]

Eliminate the Dept. of Energy.

[BobL]

Sounds like a leftist.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Joe 6-pack]

The Morgan Roadster used to have a natural gas powerplant, but it looks like they’ve gone to gasoline. I still love to go to their website and play with the car creator:

http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/roadster/

[Mark17]

Can We Run Our Cars on Natural Gas?

I know a guy in California who has been doing that for years. He connects the car up at his house, and it fills up overnight.

[kaktuskid]

Yes-convert it to clean diesel fuel.

[Dr. Sivana]

I don’t have 22 minutes to find out Miss Daily’s answer.

However, I own a bi-fuel 1999 Ford Contour, and the answer is, “yes”, if you live in the right part of the country and the price of gasoline is high, with LOTS of caveats. When I bought the Contour at a bargain price from Florida, in order to use it in Madison, WI, which had several CNG fueling options, and Rockford, IL also had one good one, the idea made sense. At the time, gasoline was $4 and CNG was $1.80 gallon equivalent. (with an 8 gallon equivalent tank) in addition to the full 16 gallon gasoline tank.

As it turned out, the Ford’s gasoline to CNG was touchy and failed from neglect by the previous owner, with no good way to fix or replace. Also, the CNG tank “expired” at 15 years, and therefore was not supposed to be used, nor could it be legally serviced. Finally, the PSI went up after the Contour was made, reducing the number of stations I could actually use, if it worked.

When we moved for a new job in Georgia, the number of CNG locations in my driving area went from 4 to 0. The car stills serves as my daily commuter runing on gasoline.

The Honda CNG Civic has a MUCH better track record, and there are a number of pickups that are newer that do okay.

Mainly, be aware of cng locations, expect less range unless you combine with gasoline in a bi-fuel usage. Don’t expect to save money with gasoline at $2.50 or less per gallon.

Filling up the tank is slower and marginally more hassle than a gasoline tank, but not as long as an electric would be by a long shot.

Pilot truck stops were planning to add CNG capacity at their truck stops. I do not know if those plans have been put on hold.

[Scrambler Bob]

Natural Gas???

Sure. Just use beans. Corn is already preempted.

[matthew fuller]

Seems a little late to be asking this-

As of 2009, the U.S. had a fleet of 114,270 compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, mostly buses; 147,030 vehicles running on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG); and 3,176 vehicles liquefied natural gas (LNG).[4] Other countries where natural gas-powered buses are popular include India, Australia, Argentina, and Germany.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_vehicle

[Intolerant in NJ]

Eustace runs his old truck with an on-board wood burning stove that converts to run the truck motor - works for what he wants it to - hauling lumber from his land for sale.....

[headstamp 2]

Unpossible

[DugwayDuke]

Had a cousin, who in the sixties, worked for an oil company who had so much natural gas, they gave it to their employees to use as fuel in their vehicles. Cousin would go to the company site and fuel up. Worked very well, but had issues with acceleration. He had a switch where he could change from gasoline to natural gas. If he wanted to pass, he would switch fuels and then back again. Maybe with modern technology...

[cpdiii]

Natural gas is a very economic alternative to gasoline. Considering the price historically is about 33 % of the cost of gasoline for = BTU. Costs are based on free market commodity prices of both.

If you fill up at a compressed natural gas supplier you will pay a premium as you are paying for infrastructure of the supplier and profit. In todays market which is an aberration natural gas is not very competitive due to low oil prices. However, the technology for engines that will run on both natural gas and gasoline is very old and very proved.

I would gladly pay for a vehicle that could run on both and compress the natural gas at my home with compressors that you can buy today. The cost of natural gas delivered to your home is exceptionally low and a bargain.

Due to limits of size for the tanks required your range would be limited to 150 to 200 miles on natural gas. This would take care of more than 90% of your travel. If you are going long distance, you fill up with gasoline when you are empty of natural gas.

[dila813]

I think CNG as a mix with regular gasoline is a better option (injected and mixed in the cylinder), CNG doesn’t have the energy density needed.

CNG injected in diesel trucks is already done for performance.

[The Great RJ]

I remember years ago the old JC Whitney auto parts catalog selling a bolt on adapter to convert your carburated car to run on LP gas. One old guy in my home town bought one and drove his pick up truck for years on LP power.

[Red Badger]

Can we run our cars on natural gas? YES WE CAN!!!!!.................

Chasing the Dream of Half-Price Gasoline from Natural Gas

A startup called Siluria thinks it’s solved a mystery that has stymied huge oil companies for decades.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/523146/chasing-the-dream-of-half-price-gasoline-from-natural-gas/

[hoagy62]

I used to work at a place that ran a fleet of vans on CNG. They were okay, but didn’t have the range of the gasoline vehicles. The drivers really didn’t like them for that reason. Also, DO NOT RUN OUT OF FUEL in a CNG vehicle. Had two or three drivers who did, and in ALL cases, the engines had severe problems that needed major repair within a day of the occurrence.

Just passing along the info.