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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (3807)1/2/2009 3:32:12 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (2) of 86356
 
I like the idea of NG vehicles, but natural gas alone will not be enough to power all the vehicles we have on the roads.

And you think there's enough lithium available at a competitive price to power all the vehicles we have on the road??

I can GUARANTEE YOU that we have enough NG to power all of those vehicles for at least 50 years (which equates to half the entire history of the combustion engine).

usatoday.com

naturalgas.org

It's clean, readily available and every gasoline vehicle can be readily converted to utilize it for about $2-4K per vehicle (if not even less with mass production).

I think these guys are a bit pricey, but it gives you an idea of the cost.

cngoutfitters.com

Furthermore, companies like QTWW have 10K PSI storage tanks that are bullet proof and can be used for either NG or Hydrogen. This would nearly double the range of current NG storage tanks.

Bottom line, the technology is there, the supply of NG is there (DOMESTICALLY) and the locations are available for adding the necessary storage tanks to existing service stations.

And if the price is right (eg: competitive), then I'm ALL FOR using NG to power PHEV vehicles. In fact, I think it would be an IDEAL COMBINATION. But you have to insure that the price of Lithium doesn't negate any economic advantages.

You take us strictly to lithium based battery powered electric cars and you've suddenly made us dependent upon S. America and China for the majority of lithium supply.

I don't really know what else I can say about this.. Believe what you want to believe, but you CANNOT force a market to develop by mandating expensive and non-competitive alternative energy sources without having a negative economic impact.

Hawk
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