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To: RetiredNow who wrote (8619)	5/28/2009 10:01:36 AM
From: jrhana	Respond to of 86350

That's exactly the spirit. We can do it if we want to.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (8619)	5/28/2009 10:57:06 AM
From: miraje	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86350

You should try thinking outside the box. It's liberating. You should try thinking.. Give the NG a bigger tank and it will go farther. Gasoline is less energy dense than diesel. Ethanol is less energy dense than gasoline. NG is less energy dense than ethanol. Therefore, it takes a much BIGGER fuel tank in order to achieve an equivalent driving range to conventional liquid fuels. And a bigger tank means less carrying capacity and storage space, as in no trunk. That's reality. And fine for a commuter car or local delivery truck such as UPS vans. NG is an important part of our energy supply and it's great that the US currently has an abundance, but thinking "outside the box" cannot contradict the laws of physics. And converting our entire existing land transportation infrastructure to NG would be a MASSIVE AND EXPENSIVE UNDERTAKING. Converting NG to liquid synfuel would enable usage of existing delivery systems. I have stated, more than once, that ALL energy sources need to be developed in order for the world's economy to progress. Not just the narrow niche of alternative pie-in-the-sky pipe dreams of government mandated and subsidized AlGore fantasies. invest heavily in breakthrough battery technology and we'll solve all of our problems There's a perfect example of "boxed in" thinking. To state that "investing heavily in breakthrough battery technology" will "solve all of our problems" is laughable stupidity. It's only a piece of the solution, and not a large one at that. Try flying a plane or powering a cargo ship with "breakthrough battery technology" for just a few examples...