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<DIV>In a message dated 10/15/2012 2:26:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
acparker@xmission.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>DD: Dan Dimiduk replies</DIV>
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<DIV>DD: I have noted that there has been a big
discovery of offshore natural gas on the East Coast of Africa. I wonder if the
development of that basin will have better socioeconomic results than the
nightmares of the Nigerian delta. You would think that these countries would
learn that in the end, corruption hurts everyone. Then again, we have corruption
in this country after 200 years of stable rule, by and for the people. It would
be nice to see some of that gas piped into local towns for local benefit and
development, sold at a reasonable price to locals. Instead it may all
be sold abroad, shipped as LNG, with the benefits only going to the few.
Something to watch. </DIV>
<DIV> I cannot help but think that China developing it's
extensive shale gas reserves, could take some of the price pressure off of most
globally traded fossil fuels. The problem seems to be they have no
infrastructure for gas. I can imagine that just setting up gas turbine
generators in the gas fields could take some pressure off of their overworked
coal fired grid. They are currently buying coal reserves from everybody, plowing
up the earth to keep up. NG powered mass transit could slow the sale of
automobiles, reducing oil consumption. Certainly anything that slows the
increase in global coal ( or oil) consumption will help the environment.</DIV>
<DIV> I am encouraged by the fact that an infrastructure
developed for NG could also use biogas or producer gas in the future.
Here in Ohio, we lead the world with landfill gas being harvested and used
locally, or fed into the gas grid where clean enough. Now we find we are also
sitting on enough shale gas to power most countries. Good thing the
landfill gas was developed when gas prices were high. - Dan D. </DIV>
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face=Arial>Dan,<BR><BR>I don't know that it will have much of an impact on
stove designers and <BR>purveyors for/in developing countries.
Even if shale oil and gas were to <BR>be found in those regions, the
common people in less developed countries <BR>usually bear the brunt of
the ill effects of the oil industry, without <BR>realizing much, if any,
benefit.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Stoves
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