Pipelines, energy and natural resources

[Kirkhill]

Germany Goes On LNG Import Terminal Building Spree | OilPrice.com

Germany is set to become the world’s fourth-largest LNG importer, after South Korea, China, and Japan.

oilprice.com

 

[Kirkhill]

The world is looking at natural gas to back up solar and wind to create electricity.

In the northern hemisphere most residential energy is used for heating.

In electrical generation most fuel energy is wated as lost heat.

The simpler answer to reducing energy consumption in the short term is not to cut off residential natural gas and convert them to electrical heating but, instead, to cut of the electrical supply and generate electricity in each house from natural gss and use all tge heat generated concurrently.

 

[Kirkhill]

Prime Minister Mark Carney has set a goal for Canada to more than double exports away from the United States over the next decade, meaning exports to other countries will need to grow by $132-billion annually by 2035. Mr. Carney speaks of Canada as an “unabashed” energy superpower. Canada can also be an agriculture and food superpower – and that reality deserves prominence in our national economic strategy.

Opinion: Canada is an agriculture and food superpower. We must start acting like it

Investing in agriculture could help Canada reach goal of doubling non-U.S. exports

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[Brad Sallows]

Welcome to the era of "told them so".

 

[YZT580]

The world is looking at natural gas to back up solar and wind to create electricity.

In the northern hemisphere most residential energy is used for heating.

In electrical generation most fuel energy is wated as lost heat.

The simpler answer to reducing energy consumption in the short term is not to cut off residential natural gas and convert them to electrical heating but, instead, to cut of the electrical supply and generate electricity in each house from natural gss and use all tge heat generated concurrently.

what would the savings be I wonder in copper and maintenance by themselves if this were done where feasible

 

[Brad Sallows]

Electrical AND natural gas.

Always good to have two options. They aren't interchangeable, but if you have a mix of electrical and gas heating - even if one is only in one room - that's the difference between comfortable and suffering. Also, a propane barbeque for cooking.

 

[Kirkhill]

Electrical AND natural gas.

Always good to have two options. They aren't interchangeable, but if you have a mix of electrical and gas heating - even if one is only in one room - that's the difference between comfortable and suffering. Also, a propane barbeque for cooking.

Plan Kilo, ie one of many

Natural Gas to a PEM fuel cell, run to produce heat and sell surplus electricity back to the grid.

40 to 60% electrical efficiency and 20 to 40% thermal efficiency.

Kilo.1

Natural Gas to an ICE generator, run to produce heat and sell surplus electricity back to the grid

25 to 35% electrical efficiency and up to 50% thermal efficiency,

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And a propane barbeque.

 

[Kirkhill]

"That's not what we meant at all, you silly billies! Of course we like fossil fuels."

https://www.euractiv.com/news/the-eu-is-not-fighting-fossil-fuels-only-emissions-von-der-leyen-says-ahead-of-g20/

 

[Kirkhill]

Concurrently the EU is blaming BRICS for taking advantage of the US absence to cut back on cutting back emissions...

https://www.euractiv.com/news/the-eu-is-not-fighting-fossil-fuels-only-emissions-von-der-leyen-says-ahead-of-g20/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/21/eu-threatens-to-block-weak-cop30-deal-00664413

a second European diplomat said that, in the absence of the U.S., a group of emerging economies including China, Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa, known as the BRICS, had seized the initiative to stamp down on efforts to cut emissions.

“This is a BRICS COP,” the diplomat said. “They’re circling around now a text which is designed for them, and they’re all now saying it’s a take-it-or-leave-it text.”

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So fossil fuels aren't bad if you can capture emissions sez the Eversogreen EU and we really would like to do more if only Donald Trump hadn't left us alone with those nasty BRICS bullies,

 

[lenaitch]

Natural Gas to an ICE generator,

Find a test neighbourhood that would be willing to have an ICE generator running 24/7 next to every house and let's see what the actual humans think about it. To achieve the equivalent of a current 200A service you would need a 24KW generator. Ours is 10KW and I can't sleep when it's running.

And if you are selling back to the grid, no savings in wire.