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That is funny. Luckily I believe in diversification over all. Not that it helped in this last crash. That was my first equal opportunity crash. All my asset classes were trashed. But almost all of them have rebounded. Almost all. msg 23169

The whole economy is built around oil. The amount of money needed to turn this around is mind boggling. Think of the costs to convert all autos to ngas, all gasoline stations to ngas distribution. I agree that on the face of it, it sounds logical. Another problem how do you store the ngas. Currently there is just about enough storage to get us through winter. Another factor is rigs, these tight ngas prospects decline somewhere in the...

University of Kansas and DOE are analyzing tight Cretaceous gas sands in the Green River, Washakie, Piceance, Uinta Basins. There is a great deal of valuable technical information here at ( www.kgs.ku.edu/mesaverde/overview.html ) Some pertinent facts: there are thousands of feet gross thickness of sands containing gas; average porosity 5-6%, average permeability .01md = very tight. They state that "Rocky Mountain tight gas sandstones...

There are enviornmental laws that allow people to block projects based on enviornmental concerns. If there weren't, then plants to convert natural gas to liquid fuels would be at least in the design for pilot project stage in the US.  Such plants are already being built in the Middle East.    msg 23177

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Thank you DPTR, thank you. I am now a Buddhist. No more material plane attachments for me. The Buddha was right. Desire causes all pain. I am now living a non-material existence. Thank you Roger Parker. Ommmmmmmmmmmmm... msg 23166

Couldn't horizontal drilling across regional vertical fracture patterns be used to increase production in tight sands.  Apparently this approach is being used with some success in exploiting natural gas in the tight  Marcellus Shale which extends across parts of Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and West Virginia.  The pattern of regional fracturing can...

Thanks for the response. msg 23167

Does anyone know what percentage of total, annual, current nat gas production is utilized by the electric power generation industry?  Also, what percentage of that industry is nat gas fired, as compared to the percentage fired by coal?  In my opinion, the conversion to nat gas is most appealing and potentially most helpful to the electric power generation industry.  Perhaps it is just too small in terms of...

It is becoming almost idiotic, with the eneergy reserves this country keeps coming up with. Every week, there seems to be some new large find somewhere in the US or a significant new find in an already prolific prospect. Why aren't we moving at light speed to use the NG to fuel our power generation and power our cars and trucks? We would be nearly energy independent in a decade or less if a crash program were started that had large tax...