Posted by admin | Posted in Go Green | Posted on 05-03-2010
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Why hasn’t natural gas caught on as a more viable option to Oil?
I know many community vehicles in the US have their buses running on natural gas and I know there are many logistic and supply issues that go along with this since all of our infrastructure is based on moving gasoline and oil.
But still, Natural gas would be the best alternative, it is abundant here, and science has shown that emissions from natural gas vehicles is actually cleaner than the air you breathe.
When my father worked in Ankara, Turkey, they had a big problem with smog, so they modified all their cabs to take natural gas and the smog cleared up pretty quick.
I see a lot of car companies focusing on hybrids but that still doesnt solve the issue, it just delays it.
There are several reasons.
The first is that natural gas like oil is a fossil fuel. There is an estimated 100 year supply of natural gas.
The second reason is that the United States wishes to become energy independent. The United States does not have many natural gas rich places so we would not become energy independent.
The third is that the United States can’t switch the ways the ways their cars get energy to quickly. If we did it might trigger another great depression. Where would all the people working for oil companies go?
However there are some natural gas cars coming out in 2008. One of them is the Honda Civic that runs on natural gas.
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