KENNEBEC COMMUTER: An idea whose time has come -- again

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Remember the days when you could fill your gas tank for about $20?

Yeah, neither do we.

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Bobof42 of Fall River, MA

Sep 8, 2008 9:26 PM

Yes, most gas imports are from Canada.
Irving just opened an LNG terminal in St Johns.
LNG is a very small part of our market.
The Northeast gas shortage is during the winter when the pipelines can't handle to demand and storage is getting low.
Lots of noise about Boston and the LNG shipments.
Same here in Fall River about new terminal.

Yankee_Biker of Augusta, ME

Sep 8, 2008 6:43 PM

Bobof42,

From your confusing reply it sounds like you are trying to say that Algeria supplies LPG when natural gas supplies are low. That may be true but according to the Energy information Administration "Most of the natural gas used in the United States comes from domestic gas production. The remainder comes from imports, primarily from Canada". They also state that during periods of lower use excess gas is stored for use later.

As for the need for LPG, it is dwindling as new sources of natural gas are discovered. For example in August Challenger Energy of Canada announced a find off Trinidad expected to produce 200 million cubic feet per day. This is in addition to the finds in Canada made almost every year.

Bobof42 of Fall River, MA

Sep 8, 2008 3:30 PM

When Natural Gas is in short supply, LNG gas is bought from Algeria.
I new LNG terminal in the south is not being used because of the high price of NLG.
Boston shipments are in half.

Yankee_Biker of Augusta, ME

Sep 8, 2008 1:40 PM

Ford has just released info on the new Fiesta. We will get a gas version that will get 40 mpg, but we will not get the 62 mpg diesel version which will be sold throughout the rest of the world. Why not? Better ask your legislator. It's too expensive to make it meet federal requirements.

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