hm. If I had thought this through a little more, I probably would have realized that natural gas would likely become prohibitively expensive before the pressure dropped so much that my pilot light would go out. Also, if that were actually a danger, the gas company would probably turn my gas off before it happened, and way before it turned off gas feeds to ... the local hospitals, for instance.
sorry for the bother. I let my imagination get away from me sometimes. :) maybe I'll try writing a scifi novel one of these days. - Anna On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 04:23:24PM -0700, Dennis Bagley wrote: > The pressure at the well head is a natural pressure that is used to the > economic advantage > of the Oil/Gas companies to get it to temporary holding tanks. After that: > > Transporting and Storing Natural Gas > > How does natural gas get to you, the consumer? Usually by pipeline. More than > one million miles of underground pipelines link natural gas fields to major > cities across the United States. Natural gas is sometimes transported > thousands > of miles by pipeline to its final destination. A machine called a compressor > increases the pressure of the gas, forcing the gas to move along the > pipelines. > Compressor stations, which are spaced about 50 to 100 miles apart, move the > gas > along the pipelines at about 15 miles per hour. > > Some gas moved along this subterranean highway is temporarily stored in huge > underground reservoirs. The underground reservoirs are typically filled in the > summer so there will be enough natural gas during the winter heating season. > > Eventually, the gas reaches the "city gate" of a local gas utility. Here, the > pressure is reduced and an odorant is added so leaking gas can be detected. > Local gas companies use smaller pipes to carry gas the last few miles to homes > and businesses. A gas meter measures the volume of gas a consumer uses. > > copied from http://lsa.colorado.edu/essence/texts/naturalgas.htm > _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
