vampyregirl wrote:since the 1970s the Royal Dutch Shell Group has been experimenting with GTL technology. GTL or gas to liquid, a synthetic fuel produced from natural gas only works in diesel engines, it produces good power and exhaust emissions are reduced. the GTL plant in Malaysia has been a success, Shell GTL is now powering China's civic transport industry. it is also being sold in europe.
Shell will soon be be producing far more GTL from the new plant in quatar. for now the biggest markets are in europe and asia. how soon will north america catch up? and while the quatar plant will produce 260k barrels a day of GTL and ethane thats really not that much in the grand scheme of things.
sorry if my writing skills are not the best
We got other problems right in line with peak oil. We got peak natural gas too!
We will run out of natural gas, just as we deplete our crude supplies in the near future.
http://www.amazon.com/High-Noon-Natural ... 1931498539
Have you ever thought about how much of our life is dependent on natural gas for cooking, heating and hot water?
How many of our homes are set up for efficient heating with natural methods such as wood, pellet, passive solar?
My house is not.
I never gave this subject any thought until I learned about peak natural gas. And by then it was too late.
My house is as far as it can be from the 'ideal house' that can be heated my natural methods. And to make maters worse, I live in the NE US, where it gets plenty cold.
Do you know that much of your life is dependent on natural gas outside its use as an energy source?
Natural gas is a raw material in many of our products we depend on.
Almost all the helium we produce comes from natural gas.
Propane, synthetic fertilizers, ammonia?
They are totally dependent on natural gas.
Our population boom was fueled by synthetic fertilizers made from natural; gas. Once the gas dries up so does the fertilizer and a shortage of fertilizer equals a shortage of food.
Natural; gas is also used as an energy source to produce steel, glass, paper, clothing, brick, electricity
http://www.enotes.com/how-products-ency ... atural-gas
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/2003 ... tgasn.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts ... TISUSEDFOR
Take care,
V (Male)
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