Interesting post, although all the shouting (caps) makes it quite an ordeal to read.
Natural gas= methane would be great indeed, especially if it was made from biomass, which could be grown massively and cheaply on the Sargasso Sea (cf Eye Of The Gyre discussion a few months back) Michel 2009/1/27 Harbach Jak <[email protected]>: > Jed: If those heavier trucks are indeed going hybrid fuel-electric that > would indeed be > excellent. > > What I'm thinking though is that 30% less-consumption upgrade is the simple > addition > of 'California' type modifications that Detroit mostly has not bothered to > apply to > larger heavy-hauling trucks here-to-fore. > > I know that Picken's simple upgrade solution for the immediate stage of > converting > ALL HEAVY TRUCKS immediately to a tried & true established NATURAL GAS > CARBURATION > SYSTEM in ONE STROKE goes quite a bit beyond even the 30% less-consumption > that > has been claimed. I've driven this system on a day to day basis via an > established > regional NATURAL GAS-STATION grid and it worked as quick, & easy, & safe as > the current standard commercial gasoline pumping service-station system that > we are familiar with. > > MY OAKIE GRANDFATHER was one of the first engineers to BUILD THAT INITIAL > GRID > gasoline SERVICE-STATIONS for SINCLAIR/ATLANTIC RICHFIELD and his field > office > was in EL PASO, TEXAS. He would have told us that it would BE A BREEZE to > upgrade the current Service-Station system to NATURAL-GAS virtually > overnight! > > IN ONE SHORT INFRASTRUCTURE STROKE we would be ENERGY INDEPENDENT though > that would be 'not quite green' it would BE A BOLD FIRST STEP in that > direction. > > And that is pretty much what the Pickens Agenda forwards. These old guys > that MANAGED TO GET THE GAS out've MOTHER EARTH are a PRETTY TOUGH > & PRAGMATIC LOT. And that these old guys REALLY HAVE THE VISION to develope > a GREEN GRID FOR REAL where the RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD is a GOOD THING > methinks! > > AND EVEN BETTER PER PICKENS if those trucks went NATURAL-GAS/ELECTRIC true > hybrids then that '30%' would more likely be DOUBLED and the SHEIKS would > not have > their HOOKS in our collective arses. > > But I'm CURIOUS AS YOU to get a 'peek' under the hood; in that I'M FROM > MISSOURI! > > BEST WISHES!~;-) Jake > > ________________________________ > Hotmail(R) goes where you go. On a PC, on the Web, on your phone. See how.
