You know what, there ARE millionaires we can learn to hate, and TBP is one of them (along with Gates and the Rockefellers).
Pay attention. NG has suddenly become plentiful in the US. No refineries needed. No pollution. No ethonol. No Arabs involved. We need to make it happen. Better spent on this than windmills and solar garbage.
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there is nothing fiscally responsible about this
If T-boone wants it...it should ONLY come out of his wallet.
This story is from GlobalWarming.org?
Please.
If it’s a great idea the market will reward it. Taxpayers don’t need to be punished by this no matter how good an idea.
What happened to the wind fields TBoone?
Pray for America
This is a national security issue. We can be energy independent, or almost so, by using natural gas to power our vehicles. I would much rather have the money for our fuel spent here at home, creating jobs here and putting royalty payments in the hands of American landowners, rather than sending billions of petrodollars to middle eastern ragheads who recycle part of it to the terrorist network.
wRONg PAUL is a shrimp.
Looks like Ron Paul is against war with other countries, but it's OK if it attacks our own...
15%?
No wonder they are looking for a subsidy!
15% is not enough savings to cover the higher expense of the conversion, loss of capacity and range due to heavy/bulky fuel tanks being required, lost power (less dense fuel, less HP per gallon) lack of supporting infrastructure (need THOUSANDS of fueling stations), etc.
It’s a great fuel for fixed route operations, perhaps the USPS, UPS, Fed-X, etc. can adopt it.
Great for running electrical generation, fixed location so the fuel can be tanked to the generator by truck or rail.
I have some experience with the advantages and pitfalls of such a system, it is very similar to the Propane my 4x4 GMC runs on.
Except, that is is even LESS efficient as a fuel in a vehicle that has to operate in regular traffic.
Oh, it’s a GAS. not a liquid, if you run out for any reason you have to call a tow truck!
To get beyond fixed routes and generators the difference would have to be more like 50% - 70%.
Propane systems have been available for decades, very few are in use by the public, so that’s a clue to how well this will be received without it being FORCED on us.
I’m looking forward to taking the Propane system OFF my truck and putting it BACK on gasoline, despite Propane currently being cheaper.
The lost power and range are intolerable.
Ping for future
Having your picture taken with ManBearPig disqualifies you from everything.
Natural gas fueling stations? Sounds awesome.
Energy independence.