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I believe liquefied natural gas and/or compressed natural gas powered automobiles will become much more popular in the future..How can one best capitalize on that if I'm right?
What if you are completely off? That would be quite a bet since that type of technology is no where near close to being developed.
Other than that, I have thought about trying to find who makes the compressors that would have to be sold to station owners or do-it-yourselfers for home use.
Ummm, how about just buying a domestic natural gas producer?
I believe liquefied natural gas and/or compressed natural gas powered automobiles will become much more popular in the future..How can one best capitalize on that if I'm right?
Really? I work for an engine making company and we've been selling LNG engines for 12 years.What if you are completely off? That would be quite a bet since that type of technology is no where near close to being developed.
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So, if you're riding with a partner it doesn't take much to convince him/her not to smoke in the car?Its like driving a 1 cylinder car....read: no power at all.
The fuel tanks are tiny. The civics have a range of just over 100 miles....then you better be nearby one of the 5 stations.
In other words, they suck and I dont see them catching on anytime soon.
Other than the smell of NG in the car
Does anyone understand the economics of gas to liquid conversion? The technology is quite old and well established-maybe 100 years old! If this is not too wasteful, it would seem to have much to recommend it. Our trucks and over-the-road busses and trains already run on diesel. Europe is full of small efficient and fairly well performing direct injection turbo-charged diesels. Audi has gone quite far with this technology.
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Understand? Not in the chemist sense of the word. However, I have been watching this story unfold for a few years in China and elsewhere. There is a company called Methanex that is the world's largest supplier of methanol. Basically, they take stranded deposits of natural gas and via a pretty simple process turn it into methanol, which is used as a precursor chemical for a huge variety of things. While it is still small, a fast-growing end-use is turning methanol into dimethyl ether (DME) and then blending the DME with other fuels as an extender. I am lead to understand that this is done to stretch diesel fuel and propane/cooking fuel. If you want to know more, look up their website and look at their presentations (pretty much all of them talk about it). Since this is a public company, I suspect you could also get on the horn and ask them questions about it. They are plenty knowledgable and usually are willing to talk about it.
There are many advantages to the CNG vehicles including cheaper operational costs and less engine maintenance and lower per mile fuel costs on top of the quite a bit lower pollution which will make it the growing fuel of choice in the coming years for govermental and enviromental groups.
As an investment perhaps CLNE??
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