Comments on: CNG Would End US Reliance on Foreign Oil, Says Sergio Marchionne

By: bret

bret — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:39:24 +0000

Cng for heavy trucks and pick-ups+ plug in for cars are definately the solution for our addiction to foreign oil ! Why the Natural gas industry take so much tiime to install CNG staions all across the country when the NG is abundant and the price so low ?

By: John K.

John K. — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:09:41 +0000

Key paragraph:
“A rapid adoption of CNG as a fuel source for automotive applications would almost instantly kill the reliance on foreign oil, and it would bring about a substantial reduction in emissions," said Marchionne. "Those are opportunities that need to be grabbed and they need to be industrialized. Especially with large vehicles like pickups and large SUVs, we could probably accommodate the installation of CNG tanks within the next 24 to 36 months.”

Thank heaven for American NG! It provides progress on the emissions front and energy independence while battery tech matures.

No need for hydrogen fuel cells or wasting billions of dollars building a national hydrogen infrastructure we don't need when we already have in place and a century of experience with our national natural gas infrastructure.

Once battery tech matures, we switch to our national electric infrastructure (aka the grid), and/or our "home" grids powered by then affordable PVs!

As I've been saying around here for at least a couple of years now, CNG-battery hybrids give us the biggest bang for the buck for the next 5 to 10 years.

By: Volume Van

Volume Van — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:46:59 +0000

Mr Energy Czar

Yes the fracking wells have 30% depletion rate, so in 3 years, their output drops 90%. The same is the case for shale oil wells as well.

Right now we are looking for all types of alternative fuels like CNG, LNG, LPG, Ethanol, Electricity to reduce oil consumption.

Natgas supplies are more widely available than oil and that's why more CNG powered vehicles are hitting the road, while the LNG powered trains & ships are also coming in.

By: MrEnergyCzar

MrEnergyCzar — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:44:29 +0000

When the short lived fracking bubble pops, I'd rather have an electric powered vehicle than CNG. Remember, fracking gas wells peak very fast and need higher than today's prices to be sustained, that's why the rig counts are dropping....

MrEnergyCzar

By: otter

otter — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:01:02 +0000

I would love to see more CNG vehicles.

By: Shines

Shines — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:49:56 +0000

The other nice thing about CNG is that there is a huge infrastructure available. Many of us have Natural gas in our homes. There are “compressors” available so that we could fill our vehicle from home. And the other article about the RAM 2500 CNG shows it has a range of 900+ miles with its gasoline backup. I hope we see more CNG cars.

By: Volume Van

Volume Van — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:00:09 +0000

Very True. CNG can end the reliance on foreign oil.

There are 16.4 million CNG powered vehicles worldwide (25 million estimated).

Also there are 22 million LPG powered vehicles and 27 million Ethanol powered vehicles.

We have to get into some type of alternative fueled vehicle.

Natgas could be the bridge to Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles.