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LQD: Could CNG be temporary relief for the current gas crunch? | 14 comments (14 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

... if its Australia that we are talking about. The restriction of natural gas exports to LNG tankers means that if Australia wants to adopt a policy of rapidly burning through their natural gas resource, CNG would be one way to accomplish that.

To be of use in the US, given the lack of a large untapped supply to draw upon, it seems like it would be necessary to scale back on natural gas use for electricity and household use ... and then much of the structural opportunities for serious improvements in consumption efficiency in the US are in the transport system itself.

Utsukushikereba sore de ii

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Tue Jul 8th, 2008 at 02:26:39 PM EST

And of course, for Europe ... (none / 0)

And some (natural gas) answers are expensive by Heading Out ... (The Oil Drum) ... with China starting to buy from Turkmenistani natural gas fields next year, natural gas markets in Peninsular West Asia are not isolated from growing energy consumption in East Asia.

Utsukushikereba sore de ii

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Tue Jul 8th, 2008 at 03:37:52 PM EST
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I have not had the time to respond over there (4.00 / 2)

but I still fundamentally disagree with that conclusion.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Tue Jul 8th, 2008 at 04:29:12 PM EST
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Re: I have not had the time to respond over there (none / 0)

looking forward to it, if you find the time

Utsukushikereba sore de ii

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Tue Jul 8th, 2008 at 10:08:07 PM EST
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