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Tag Archives: natural gas
Natural Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) as a Drop-in Diesel fuel
[The reason GTL is a big deal is that it can substitute for diesel without having to modify a diesel engine to do so — therefore, it’s a “drop-in fuel” substitute. However, GTL isn’t likely to be the answer, since … Continue reading
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Tagged diesel, drop-in fuel, Fischer-Tropsch, GTL, natural gas, transportation
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Wind & Solar need thousands of tons of steel, aluminum, cement, concrete, copper but produce little energy
Summary of Sergio Pacca and Darpa Horvath 2002 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Building and Operating Electric Power Plants in the Upper Colorado River Basin ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY / VOL. 36, NO. 14 pp. 3194-3200 As you can see, Wind … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative energy, coal, natural gas, plants, solar PV, wind
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Hurricane Vulnerable Gulf area Supplies Over Half our oil, One-third of our Natural Gas
Energy infrastructure is very vulnerable to hurricanes in the gulf region, which: Produce or imports 60% of the country’s supply of crude oil Supplies a third of U.S. natural gas supplies Generates half of the United States refined products supplies … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Infrastructure, Infrastructure & Collapse
Tagged energy infrastructure, gulf, hurricane, natural gas, oil, pipelines
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