Trucking And The Pickens Plan

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Comment by Tom Bailey on November 16, 2012 at 11:03am

Well the election is over and we will be spared from constant TV ads.

Whether the person/party is in office that you wished - at this point is all about ending our political gridlock and let's get moving to solve huge problems!

We need to demand that our politicians COME TOGETHER!

We need to move forward with our energy issues.

Comment by Tom Bailey on October 25, 2012 at 8:34am

Instead of using Natural Gas to power our big rigs and reduce our dangerous dependence on OPEC oil, the powers that be are talking about exporting it overseas so other countries can benefit from America’s abundance. ???????

Like oil, from our soil:

Which is now the # 1 export in America.

Nowhere is this more evident than in; Anacortes, WA, where in the last couple weeks (Oct 2012) three tankers of oil left the Shell and Tesoro refineries bound for China, Mexico, and Japan.

This as we all know equates to Free trade and making a dollar. OUR ECONOMY/investors

Gasoline in Japan cost 158.3 Yen per Liter / $7.52 per gallon.

It is higher in China than it is in California.

In Iran gas is less than $1 a gallon.

As here in America, the price of Iranian natural gas is cheaper than gasoline.

And natural gas is better for the environment. And WOW, It burns cleaner, affecting both sides of the continent.

Who’s behind the natural gas push in that country? The Iranian government.

The government began promoting natural gas about a decade ago, and not just in response to American-led sanctions.

A big initial reason was the increasingly thick yellow blankets of smog that often engulf greater Tehran and its 12 million inhabitants.

Keep the pressure on.

Best; Tom

Comment by James H. Hatland on October 16, 2012 at 1:20pm

Just tell me what you need, and I will be available to help, Boone. Email me at nsfnv@embarqmail.com   Las Vegas, NV

Comment by Edward D on April 24, 2012 at 8:11pm

Steven Chu, please choose or advise the president to elect T Boone Pickens for your energy secretaty position.  Do we have a deal????

Comment by Edward D on April 1, 2012 at 7:12pm

Only and only by diversifying the energy sector portfolio in this country will America see future energy independence from OPEC's market driven globally traded oil prices.  If the entire globe relies only on one source of fuel for the world's transportation needs then it stands to loose in the long run in terms of demand for oil and surge of prices on the global scale(inflation rings the bell).  Thus in order to be energy independent we as a country need to create new sources of fuel (i. e. Nat Gas, Elecrtic for light cars, etc.) and have a real tule type to fall back on in times of need and crisis(like for example a standoff with Iran).  Only development of fuel and infrastructure creation will heal this country from many of it's ills and create options in times of need.

Comment by James H. Hatland on February 24, 2012 at 12:14am

Buy oil and natural gas stocks as a hedge.

Comment by John Wesley Nobles CA State Ldr on February 13, 2012 at 4:01pm

Go to the following link and vote for HR 1380, https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/112/hr1380.

Comment by James H. Hatland on January 25, 2012 at 2:49pm

I spent over 30 years in the transportation industry and I can see a big advantage in going to natural gas in truck transportation. Let me know what I can do to help in Las Vegas. 

Comment by Joe Mansour on August 29, 2011 at 10:59am

Good points.

Comment by J Jay Pirko on August 16, 2011 at 9:50pm

Energy for economic growth

August 16, 2011

By JJ PIRKO , Tribune Chronicle | TribToday.com

How about some job-creating sustainable energy projects to revitalize our region and reduce our dependence on foreign oil? After four decades of economic disaster and decline, triggered by the rising cost of energy since the OPEC oil embargo of 1973, we are emerging as a hotbed for developing new sustainable energy industries.

Here on the "Tech-Belt" Ohio-Pennsylvania border, we are turning "garbage gas" and "sewage sludge" into electricity. We are building wind, solar and geothermal energy projects, and training our people to work with this technology. Energy for transportation fuels and public utilities can be produced locally to bring down prices by increasing the supply. An algae biofuel plant is planned where a steel mill once stood. In Columbiana County, Baard is still attempting to convert coal into aircraft and diesel fuel. Another company is preparing to de-polymerize recycled plastic into oil, and the list keeps building.

For almost three years, I have been promoting our region's achievements and potential through the Pickens Plan organization, a network of entrepreneurs, inventors and activists. When I met with T. Boone Pickens in September, he was aware of the sustainable energy progress in our region, including the V&M Star steel mill designed to produce the drilling pipe needed in the Marcellus/Utica shale gas fields.

We already have the technology to convert trucks, buses and cars to run on methane (natural gas) that is a proven, practical alternative for petroleum-based motor vehicle fuels. The trucks serving the Port of Los Angeles and many major metropolitan bus fleets have converted to natural gas, because it reduces air pollution in smog-filled cities.

One of my Pickens Plan associates is quoted: "Using U.S. DoE data (Edition 28 - Transport Energy Book), the energy content of natural gas is 960 BTU/CF LHV while the energy content of diesel is 128,700 BTU/gallon LHV. Therefore one MCF of natural gas works out to 7.46 gallons of diesel." At $4 per gallon for diesel, that would cost almost $30, compared to 1 MCF of natural gas costing about $4 wholesale. The savings are about $174 every time we do not have to fill a 50-gallon tank with diesel fuel. The capital cost of converting vehicles to natural gas would soon be repaid with fuel-cost savings and reduced engine maintenance costs from this cleaner-burning fuel.

Production and distribution capacity must be built in lock-step with the growth of demand for natural gas vehicle fuel. Start with "closed-loop" transportation systems, like buses and local delivery trucks, which drive their routes and return to a central maintenance and refueling station. The NAT GAS Act (HR 1830) would create tax incentives for businesses to convert their vehicles to natural gas. This bill has been co-sponsored by Tim Ryan, D-Niles, Steve LaTourette, R-Bainbridge, and Jason Altmire, D-4th, but has not made its way onto the floor of Congress. Post office trucks, school buses, mass transit, and city / county / township truck fleets are another good place to start, saving taxpayers from the rising cost of imported oil.

Natural gas is also produced from sewage treatment sludge, agricultural waste and landfills naturally fermenting garbage. The Carbon Limestone Landfill produces enough electricity (13-14 megawatts) from "garbage gas" to power a small city. Struthers has a biodigester designed to power a pair of 375-kilowatt electrical generators.

Sewage treatment plants, old landfills and industrial brownfields are also ideal sites for shale gas horizontal drilling sites, drawing gas from more than a mile from the wellhead. These tend to be secure locations that are already environmentally damaged, and are usually distant from homes, schools, shopping centers and other populated areas. These facilities can serve as community gas and electric suppliers, reducing utility costs and providing non-tax revenue to support municipal governments. Utility costs, especially electricity, are a major factor when attracting companies.

Energy runs our economy, and we are developing it here.

Pirko is a Weathersfield resident. Email him at editorial@tribtoday.com.

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