messageAl Gore and T Boone Pickens have two different ideas on how to fuel automobiles – Gore wants electric, and Pickens wants natural gas. Which is the better option?
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Frank Huttinger replied on Jul 25, 2008Light vehicles are more suited to electric or hybrid power solutions. Heavy vehicles (trucks) are better powered by LNG & GTL. LNG for short haul and GTL for long haul.
See:
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2…
www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/pdfs/epa_lng.pdf
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Bruce Sarte replied on Jul 25, 2008
I have to agree with Frank. Electric vehicles seem to be adequate for day-to-day residential driving and NG seems to be the way to go for heavier class vehicles.
I think that we will end up with multiple sources of fuel in the future for vehicles no matter what happens. I don’t think we will see one common fuel for all vehicles ever again.
