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Topic: The Natural Gas Price Watch Thread |
Gerben
Replies: 11
Views: 261
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:10 am Subject: Re: The Natural Gas Price Watch Thread |
Is there some connection to the oil market (given enough BTU cost differential, people will substitute CNG cars and buses)?
CNG is indeed a cheaper subsitute for oil, but there is no short-term conne ... |
Topic: Methane Gas from Sewer Lines |
Gerben
Replies: 7
Views: 310
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:44 pm Subject: Re: Methane Gas from Sewer Lines |
http://www.truehealth.org/methane2.html
http://www.truehealth.org/methane.html
He has a nice setup, but: he never heared of safety. You cannot leave the water and CO2 in the gas and expect your ca ... |
Topic: The Economist: America may default on it's debt |
Gerben
Replies: 85
Views: 3744
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:57 pm Subject: Re: The Economist: America may default on it's debt |
| More and more companies will go into default. This will only increase when the government and Fed start to actively fight inflation. F&F will follow soon. No bailout for the shareholders (or at a ... |
Topic: Zimbabwe introduces 100-billion-dollar note |
Gerben
Replies: 24
Views: 917
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:57 am Subject: Re: Zimbabwe introduces 100-billion-dollar note |
If you have 15 million percent inflation, what is the point of understating it?
If you can convince shop keepers to rais prices by "only" 2.2 million percent instead of 15 million percent, you have s ... |
Topic: Methane Gas from Sewer Lines |
Gerben
Replies: 7
Views: 310
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:25 am Subject: Re: Methane Gas from Sewer Lines |
This is not easy, nor cheap.
There are a couple of options.
First of all I need to know what you mean by "a propane setup".
Since you say "car or truck" I asume that means you don't have the car ... |
Topic: Natural Gas Vehicles |
Gerben
Replies: 9
Views: 576
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:03 pm Subject: Re: Natural Gas Vehicles |
That is why the Civic GX is being sold mostly as a fleet car. However with NG vehicles becoming more popular in Europe North America will eventually catch on.
One of the things I don't understand is ... |
Topic: PO Value increases being mis-labeled "inflation" |
Gerben
Replies: 21
Views: 640
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:32 am Subject: Re: PO Value increases being mis-labeled "inflation&quo |
| I think people are confusing different types of "inflation" here. The isue people refer to when talking about inflation is price inflation. That means prices denominated in a currency go up. The cause ... |
Topic: The new ICE |
Gerben
Replies: 1
Views: 433
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:31 pm Subject: Re: The new ICE |
| I like it. Since they don't have a prototype yet it's probably not going to be as good as they hope it will be. It's a good idea though. |
Topic: Natural Gas Vehicles |
Gerben
Replies: 9
Views: 576
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:59 am Subject: Re: Natural Gas Vehicles |
I'm working in this business, so I'm not a neutral observer here.
But I think it has potential. It's cheap and it burns clean. The problem is that most current NGVs have a limited range. You could so ... |
Topic: Importing Efficient European cars |
Gerben
Replies: 21
Views: 1278
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:33 pm Subject: Re: Importing Efficient European cars |
| Even European standards are very restrictive. There is a standard for vehicles that can go 45 km/h, but that's just not enough. There is not a lot of demand for vehicles with such a low maximum speed. ... |
Topic: Importing Efficient European cars |
Gerben
Replies: 21
Views: 1278
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:21 am Subject: Re: Importing Efficient European cars |
Plz. keep your hands of our cars. We want them ourselves. You have your SUVs.
And a Ford Focus isn't small. |
Topic: Fortis chairman predicts total financial meltdown in weeks |
Gerben
Replies: 49
Views: 3936
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:48 pm Subject: Re: Fortis chairman predicts total financial meltdown in wee |
| I searched and it appears to be a hoax as far as I can see. I suspected as much, because I don't believe for a second that CEOs are going to make public any kind of knowledge they might have or suspec ... |
Topic: Fertiliser Shortages |
Gerben
Replies: 3
Views: 564
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:31 pm Subject: Re: Fertiliser Shortages |
| Natural gas is used to make fertiliser in multiple steps. The fist step is to make hydrogen from the natural gas. You don't need natural gas however. Other energysources can also be used to make hydro ... |
Topic: Top 20 Oil Consuming Countries in the World (2007). |
Gerben
Replies: 15
Views: 1452
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:22 am Subject: Re: Top 20 Oil Consuming Countries in the World (2007). |
I'd always pictured the Dutch as a nation of eco-warriors pedalling about everywhere on their bikes and I was surprised to see us V8-loving aussies only in at no. 7.
This picture is a bit confusing ... |
Topic: Thank you so much you Irish People!!! |
Gerben
Replies: 213
Views: 8589
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Forum: Europe Discussion Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:44 pm Subject: Re: Thank you so much you Irish People!!! |
| Yes, thank you. Now the politicians might actually try to listen to what people want before they think of how to realize more of their own dreams. As long as European democracy is not functioning it s ... |
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