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To: Telemarker who wrote (75397)	10/3/2000 9:49:27 AM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) of 95453

I think there are some city buses in the US already running on compressed NG. I guess I just don't like to think about what could happen in an accident, but maybe it would not be much worse than gasoline. Another use for NG that would provide huge efficiencies would be NG powered heat pumps. This would provide efficiencies of 200% or better, depending on outdoor temperature, and waste heat could be used for hot water. But they would cost several times what a simple NG burning furnace does, and would require automobile-like maintenance--unlike heat pumps powered by electric motors. The stupidest energy use I ever saw was a guy who bought himself a gasoline-powered generator for a mountain cabin, and then bought an electric hot water heater. He must have had about 10% overall efficiency.

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