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Originally Posted by Big Dave
An easier way to eliminate foreign oil imports is to utilize more CNG.
Right now so much natural gas is produced by the Bakken oil field in North Dakota that it shows up in outer space.
SkyTruth: Bakken Shale-Oil Drilling and Flaring Lights Up the Night Sky
That red splotch represents billions of cubic feet of natural gas being flared off as a safety measure to prevent well blow-outs (BP oil spill type accidents).
Why is it so difficult to build pipelines to carry this gas to centers of usage where it could be refined, compressed and used as motor fuel? Think Keystone XL.
Why does it cost so much to convert an existing car or truck to use CNG? Think EPA. |
Does that oil field use fracking to extract the NG? If it did, I would be afraid for anybody living in that watershed(s). I would also be nervous of having a large, national pipeline too, much the same way people are afraid of the keystone xl and for the same reasoms (well, some). Also, does venting that NG out to atmosphere (and thus space) make it any more or less polutive than another fossil fuel?
When it comes to NG, I would rather we use it to heat our homes and light our businesses, rather than drive our cars, that way we can eliminate coal as a power source.