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Unconventional gas..This Changes Everything.

The Economist -- Natural gas is becoming less like oil and more like coal, which is a good thing...

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Submitted Mar 14, 2010 By: Cakes77
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1006
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 8:58:59 PM

it's not the kind of natural gas you might be thinking
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Amtrgas
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 1:09:57 AM

If we all powered our cars with natural gas, that would be a good thing.
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I think EV's are the answer.
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FastAndy
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 10:45:59 PM

We need to find ways to use more of the energy we have available here in the US, and not have to continue importing oil from our enemies.
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cutter1330
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 9:21:04 PM

Is this just a tub of beans?
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 9:07:28 PM

The more choices and competition for energy, the better.
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murphy50
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 9:01:51 PM

We'll see if it catches on.
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saveongasNC
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 9:00:06 PM

Drill baby drill!!!
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AC-302
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:58:52 PM

LNG like coal? Good luck to that. Although more proven reserves are helping to make natural gas more like a commodity.
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CaliberMan71
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:53:19 PM

One day you may pull up to a pump and it will read.
Unleaded .999
NG .999
E-85 1.599
Diesel 2.999
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CaliberMan71
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:50:16 PM

If they could get NG into mainstream auto fuel use it could start a price war between gas from oil and NG. What a wonderful place it would be.
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LilRedWagonIN
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:47:51 PM

Unconventional article. More pie in the sky with all the other possible alternatives to what works now.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:45:02 PM

maybe we should switch over to natural gas, and get off Oil.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:40:39 PM

Having owned a CNG car, I hope my next purchase will be one.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:40:27 PM

Natural gas is really a sleeper alternative to crude oil products. It deserves further use especially as an auto fuel.

GTH
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:32:02 PM

Demand for NG goes up and So does prices ...Wake up !!!!!!

If we ran cars on tooth paste it too would go up !!!!!

DAH!!! DAH !!!
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:30:00 PM

We should have been using it already. Other countries are using natural gas in vehicles. Cut the co2 and OPEC too!
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:26:49 PM

Obama does not like coal, so that must mean he does not like natural gas.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:25:53 PM

natural gas ---ok--- But I bet they raise the price of beans...
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:22:50 PM

Interesting.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:20:44 PM

cant use it dont want to use it
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 8:20:21 PM

Wait and see.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 7:50:58 PM

way to go
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 7:45:10 PM

Storm254 is on the money! We need to develop CNG further than we have in this country. We currently use it in our major cities to power our buses and some utility company vehicles. It wouldn't be very difficult to filter it down to public use starting with pickups and suvs and go from there, if necessary.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 7:22:17 PM

Likewise.. storm254 has the right idea.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 7:11:40 PM

I agree with storm254!
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 7:06:46 PM

Let's use our Natural Gas for an interim solution.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 7:03:19 PM

NG is definitely the way to go IN THE SHORT TERM.....while we develop viable alternatives. Whatever it takes to put OPEC and their ilk out of business.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 7:02:37 PM

we need to find more uses for this to replace oil
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 6:19:49 PM

Well thought out article, until the gratuitous carbon emitting butt kissing

at the end.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 6:19:44 PM

We have plenty of natural gas of our own if we could only be allowed to remove it from the ground. They say we have the largest natural gas supplies of any country in the world so let's get into it.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 6:00:14 PM

while burning NG may be a bit "cleaner" than coal, the operative phrase in this article is "The history of fossil-fuel extraction suggests that these processes may do harm." Natural Gas is not the long term answer. And the greater lengths that producers are using to extract it is enough to scare the heck out of anyone concerned about quality of ground water supply.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 6:00:11 PM

It seems to me we have more natural gas than we do oil so we should be using NG as much as possible.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:59:23 PM

Why can't we get away from fossil fuels?
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:57:25 PM

more domestic natural gas so need to convert more.....
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:53:10 PM

I would say so also...
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:52:43 PM

Yes it's true.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:49:45 PM

It's definetely a good thing.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:42:30 PM

Even natural gas is limited in supply.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:42:12 PM

Okay, but drill baby drill.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:26:43 PM

It IS a good thing!
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:21:19 PM

Drill, Baby, Drill!
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:07:41 PM

we need to change over to natural gas or anything better then what we have
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:06:29 PM

Use it to heat homes and other situations where it is most practical - not to generate electricity or power cars.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:06:01 PM

still a limited resource
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:05:59 PM

At the very less, all buses and trucks should be using NG...cars, I'm not too sure about, but we should be given the choice.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:05:34 PM

This has somewhat of the same problem as HYDROGEN. There is not an infrastructure for refuelling!
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:04:24 PM

Iran has been using it in their vehicles, why shouldn't we?
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 5:03:01 PM

We don't want it to become too much like coal which is not a real good product.
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2010 4:42:39 PM

We have lots of natural gas and we should start using it instead of buying foreign oil.
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