The United States gets 98 percent of its supply from domestic sources.
Canadians will be happy to know that their gas counts as "domestic" for the US... (they export roughly 3.7 tcf/y of gas to the US each year, or 100 bcm/y) out of a total consumption of 22 tcf (or around 600 bcm/y). 17%, in other words. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
It seems to me that at anything like current prices, market forces will encourage a longer term move to renewables, but CNG could help in the short term, especially for fleets. CNG-hybrids could be a good interim solution for school bus fleets, and other government vehicle fleets especially. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
I would like to see something that puts the probable contributions of the more recent Barnett, Fayetteville and Haynes gas fields into clear context. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
And the easiest way to reduce gas use is to burn coal in power plants... In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
But everything is interim with fossil fuels. If there are adequate supplies for home heating and industrial uses as well as providing some significant portion of fuel for vehicular transportation, say 20%, for another 15 years, that would seem to be an adequate window for an interim CNG solution, especially for school bus fleets, etc. That is what I would like to see explored. That, and the degree of confidence, if any, that we could have in any answer. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
