The Pickins' plan gets put into action.

NG is already a hydrogen rich fuel. Why complain about that one carbon atom when it would probably take more than one carbon atom to isolate the hydrogen? IMO, the best possible approach the H consortium could take would be to reform NG inboard a vehicle to power an ICE. That would be a reasonable path to building out the infrastructure required for a H economy.

Reforming NG on-board for an ICE would discard energy without any useful gain. Two molecules of hydrogen has much less energy than one molecule of CH4.

NGVTF should emphasize the ability to make methane from biomass (at least theoretically). This ties an efficient biofuel product with the extant NG infrastructure.

Hydrogen from solar panels (if the ever happens) can even be made into methane via the Sabatier reaction.

Methane diesels are on the horizon, or so I've been told.

A viable solution is the PHEV powered by methane and liquid fuel (gasoline/ethanol). That's all that's needed.

"kits to convert do not exist"

Since when? I was seeing them on the road 30 years ago! There are already 20,000 NGV in Canada and over 5 million worldwide. If you have an existing vehicle that you would like to convert to natural gas, a certified conversion shop can do this for you for about $2000(with incentive programs). Kits are made for different vehicle sizes then customized to ensure optimal vehicle performance using a well developed set of codes and regulations for aftermarket conversions and service. Installation of a natural gas conversion kit does not void the manufacturer's warranty.

In the past several manufacturers had even offered vehicles that ran on natural gas straight from the factory but The availability of new light-duty original equipment manufacturered natural gas vehicles has declined in recent years. Still, as its something they've already done, all they need is the market to grow.

Wow, amazing lack of facts here... taking on Hydrogen? Come on, seems last time I checked methane IS H-80% (CH4) and NO it does not take more energy to extract the H2 than it gives back. Best H2/Fuel Cell case today is the Honda Clarity, brought to you by the same makers of the OTHER best case NGV, Honda Civic GX. They are not as stupid as some here would have you believe. First, CNG and H2 do not compete, BOTH are needed. (No silver bullet..) One is "here and now", other is for future sustainability. But they are not mutually exclusive, FCV does not REPLACE CNG, long transitional pathway. Lets dissect the above misinformation.
First, Honda FCX Clarity using steam-reformed nat gas as H2 feedstock offers 60% CO2 reduction. Period. Honda brilliantly gets 280 mile range at the 5,000 pressure, NOT @ 10K as some need for range, so efficiency is better. (Less energy compressing). This is JUST Hondas 2nd generation FC Stack, so there is room yet to improve! Zero emissions, 60% less CO2, domestic fuel all with the SAME fuel CNG advocates love! What's not to like about that! Now, "reforming onboard and using H2 ICE" is nuts... mini-refinery on each car, and back to the POOR efficiency of ICE. Remember, the #1 reason Fuel Cell works so well is the superior efficiency... electric drive with NO combustion heat loss. FCX Clarity (Accord size, NOT Civic) is EPA rated at 74 equivalent MPG.. That's huge. Next, "a hybrid GX" is NOT cleaner than fuel cell, period. Remember, fuel cell WITH nat gas H2 is 60% < CO2, but with renewable H2 (solar/wind/hydro electrolysis) is 100% < CO2. Again, they are NOT competitors, BOTH are needed so stop comparing. Million $$ cost is already cut WAY back with Clarity, and most expense is from covering costs over just 200 cars. Costs will continue to come down. So in summary, go all out for CNG under this initiative. Kudos to CEC, and welcome back DOE. Do more Biogas projects.. Improve your image beyond "fossil fuel". Get more NGV's out there, small, medium and large. Embrace H2 (the OTHER gaseous fuel) and fuel cell as U.S. will need it all. Stop infighting.. you know the goal, there's room for all! Go CNG, Go H2, Go FCV.

Isn't NG a finite resource just like oil?

Peak Natural Gas??

Making methane through gasification of biomass and enhancing the yield using solar generated H2 and O2 from concentrated solar multilayer PV and SOFCs could produce CO2 neutral methane that may be more than the "bridge" that Pickens has talked about.

Some notes:
There are 8.5 million NGV's worldwide.
Apart from Bio-Methane, there is also Methane Hydrates which can more than double the Methane supply.
Also Peak-Natgas is not there yet.

So, its worth investing in NGV.
But even more important thing is to convert, all utilities, homes, factories that use Oil to Natgas or Electricity, so that the precious Oil can be used for transport.

I wanted to convert my 1989 small Toyota pickup
to NGV. I couldn't find a kit for it or a shop
certified to do the job. I have since been told
that a conversion is not as cheap as some of you
indicate. If I lived in Canada, Pakistan, Brazil,
or Argentina, I'd have had it converted already.
Those countries don't seem to have the stone walls
that block conversions that you find here. I am
willing, but it's a bigger hassle than some of
you think. I gave up. The only conversions that
are being done are for Fleet apps. on certain
vehicles.

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Overall great comments from everyone. However,
The focus for NGV conversion has to be high mileage heavy duty vehicles burning primarily diesel fuel (Trucks, Buses, Light Trucks, SUVs, light duty fleets) to maximize CO2, Oil import reductions, and Ambient air quality benefits per dollar of infrastructure investment. The social return on investment in hybridization within the heavy duty vehicle category is also likely to be more attractive than in the light duty class, where only 500 gallons per year are utilized and should move forward. In addition, the trillion tons of waste biomass potential, excluding any food crops, needs to be converted to pipeline quality biogas, that can efficiently transported throughout the country in the existing pipeline infrastructure. The energy losses moving liquid biofuel by Truck, Train, etc. relative to existing gas pipeline are unnecessary. This biomass capacity is going to be converted to CO2 and methane anyway, so we might as well leverage it for energy production and put it into NGVs at the end of the pipeline. Composting should be shut down by a Cap and Trade system, and all related waste biomass converted to Syngas via thermal gasification.

Have you ever heard of HHO fuel that has got to be the best way to save on gas prices.?
Imagine the savings. It will cost you about $160, or two tanks of gas to install an HHO conversion kit

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