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Old 02-02-2017, 07:28 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
If natural gas was cost effective to run farm equipment they would already have been using it.
Bio gas is some pretty nasty stuff. You do not want to be putting that into a piston engine with out essentially refining it.
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We have to start learning to use alternative energy. Market forces may dictate the cheapest route but this is always short sighted. We will eventually get caught in an energy trap with no way to build alternatives, no experience, and fossil fuel that is too expensive to use to grow food.
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Cummins has a new range of natural gas engines that Fedex is adopting for over the road transport.
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Cummins Westport - Natural Gas Engines - Videos
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