Posted on 03/13/2013 5:31:03 AM PDT by thackney
Edited on 03/13/2013 5:36:21 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Although the study I linked was evaluating for use with hydrogen, all of the failure gas tanks evaluated over that time period were from Natural Gas in vehicles.
They were trying to apply the results for consideration with hydrogen.
Ships as well.
Shell moves to boost U.S. availability of LNG fuel
http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3704:shell-moves-to-boost-us-availability-of-lng-fuel&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=195
MARCH 5, 2013 — Shell is moving to bring liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel one step closer for its marine and heavy-duty on-road customers in North America by taking a final investment decision on two small-scale liquefaction units. These two units will form the basis of two new LNG transport corridors in the Great Lakes and Gulf Coast regions. This decision follows an investment decision in 2011 on a similar corridor in Alberta, Canada. Shell is also working to use natural gas as a fuel in its own operations.
As a retired mechanic. I can tell ya, very few people do timing belts until it’s to late.
Funny a guy with the name nascarnation would speak out against gasoline powered vehicles. Gasoline and batteries may be volatile, but we have a lot more experience handling them than natural gas and batteries.
The same comments were likely made when we transitioned from horses to autos with tanks full of volatile gasoline. I see nat gas as an abundant USA sourced fuel that just may allow us to tell the mideast and venezuelans to kiss off.
Bump for later
As do I, and I look forward to the day, hopefully in my lifetime, when we tell the muzzies to eat their oil. Unfortunately, the in the real world I've never seen a natural gas filling station available to the public, only a couple run by, and for, large corporations. In the meantime, when I drive out in the styx, I need a vehicle I can refuel.
Nobody that I know of (certainly not I) is suggesting you buy a nat gas car or truck.
It looks to me like it will be used by railroads, and ground transport, that run on a route system (buses and refuse trucks are already using to some extent).
If they ever produce a home compression system that is reasonably priced and reliable, then you’ll also see some percentage of personal transport move that way also.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/793601-clean-energy-the-bumpy-road-to-natural-gas-fuel
That is T Boone Pickens company.
If the price differential between nat gas and diesel stays this large, it’s a real strong potential for the trucking industry.
Some of my farming buddies are looking at it also where they would install a compression machine at the farm hq.
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