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T. Boone Pickens on Natural Gas and Nuclear Energy

Here's a passage from a speech that long-time energy executive T. Boone Pickens gave back in May 2005 that's still relevant today:
Pickens went to explain that if he were Energy "Czar", he'd immediately begin to phase out the use of natural gas in electric power generation and encourage the construction of more coal-fired and nuclear power plants. He'd use the natural gas to power transportation instead. Speaking of the various alternative fuels, he stated, "I don't think any of them can miss. I think some will be further out than others. Hydrogen, I think, is going to take a long time".
Thanks to the Peak Oil blog for the pointer.

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Anonymous said…
Sufficient use of natural gas in transportation will be useful in providing the infrastructure for the use of hydrogen in transportation. There will of course be hundreds of gas explosions of various sizes killing at least hundreds of people. Some in rather horrible ways. We are already used to such explosions and deaths from natural gas use in home heating. But it is important for people to accept them in the transportation sector. That way when the hydrogen explosions occur, people will not be bothered by them as a result of being used to the maimings and deaths from the natural gas explosions.
Anonymous said…
You can't use natural gas pipelines to move hydrogen. The hydrogen atoms are so small the seep out through the steel.

Or so I have heard.

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