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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (10674)	5/28/2010 1:45:18 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24213

a reminder of what we are up against.. a comment about an article not worth posting... PriorityX on May 28, 2010 - 12:19pm "Heavy interstate-road vehicles should be reformatted to natural-gas power, which is easily done" A perfect example of why we are screwed. This idiotic comment will be taken at face value by most people. The reality is it is NOT easily done. He conveniently leaves cost out of the equation. These are diesel engines which can't be inexpensively converted to run on natural gas like a gasoline engine can. You might even have to replace the transmission also as engine torque and the transmission are so tightly linked together. I don't believe the torque curve produced by a natural gas truck engine will match a diesel engine. He conveniently does not mention the engineering problems in modifying the trucks to carry any where near enough natural gas to maintain existing range. He conveniently leaves out the need to add natural gas fueling capability at the majority of existing truck stops and stations that carry diesel fuel. I'm sure the trucking industry would be all for it if someone else would pay for it. They sure as heck can't afford it. Off the cuff comments like this should carry hefty fines. Continued violations should result in jail time. Our time is too short to allow misinformation to continue.