The title of the article by Michael Fitzsimmons is Natural Gas Transportation: What's Taking The U.S. So Long?. The U.S. still imports petroleum at the rate of 9.2 million barrels/day (in March 2014). Petroleum product exports have risen, but are still less than 4 million bpd. U.S. petroleum consumption averages 18.5 million bpd. "US politicians seem to prefer sending Americans' energy dollars out of the country for oil - primarily from Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Venezuela." The vehicle that can "substantially reduce foreign oil imports and protect the US economy against events like those seen recently in Libya, Ukraine and Iraq" is a natural gas/electric hybrid engine architecture.
"Combined with the Cummins Inc new game-changing 12-liter ISX12-G engine, Clean Energy's natural gas refueling infrastructure is having a meaningful affect in the long-haul trucking sector."
"When will US energy policymakers stop depending on unwise military interventions and start depending on what we have right here at home: abundant reserves of cheap and clean natural gas?"
No comments:
Post a Comment