Methane as a replacement for petroleum

Why aren't we using methane to power our vehicles? Global warming is here and the effects are presenting themselves in the arctic with the permafrost melting and the oceanic clathrates. Why not use it to help? I have read of a farmer who collected the methane from cows to heat the milking barn in the winter, so it can be done, the science is there.

In the book, "The Long Emergency" by James Kunstler, the author advises us that we have peaked in our oil exploration and production. It's all downhill from here folks. Methane is a light hydrocarbon just a few less atoms per molecule than oil. With the global warming advancing on us, we going to be dealing with this anyway,so let's make the best of it and perhaps delay the end of our species.

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Permalink Reply by Ronald Wagner on May 31, 2012 at 4:57pm

Methane is natural gas. Methanol is a liquid.

Natural gas is the future of energy. It is replacing dirty and dangerous coal and nuclear plants. It is producing the electricity for electric cars. It will directly fuel pickup trucks, vans, buses, long haul trucks, dump trucks, locomotives, aircraft, ships etc. It will keep us out of more useless wars, where we shed our blood and money. Here are over 150 recent links for you: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NbaKYme3bqOw0b6KMxXSjOLHLNeflalPy9gIAiTYFMQ/edit