What was the thinking around diesel vs natural gas?
Do you just use heating oil? How do you manage that it has a limited shelf life?
Do you just use heating oil? How do you manage that it has a limited shelf life?
https://geekprepper.com/how-long-will-natural-gas-last-witho...
In the "rural" areas I spend the most time in (cape cod, not exactly rural but also with sketchy utilities) people mostly have generators running off of big (well, probably medium sized) propane tanks that I imagine may also be used for cooking / heating as well.
I'm more curious about the stability of the fuel over the long term if it isn't cycled often, where I imagine propane / NG has an advantage, but I guess if you're using it as backup to solar and wind, there's an expectation that you'll go through a couple tanks a winter regardless so stability isn't as much of an issue.
Also be careful to note that "natural gas" is mostly methane but with a significant mix of heavier hydrocarbons too.
Even replacing compressors that were self powered now need to be electric.
It doesn't make any sense, except that it's another regulatory expense resulting in both higher cost and less reliability.
A lot of times when people say 'Thing thing makes no sense' what they mean is 'This thing doesn't agree with my priorities'
Last year's deadly winter storm in Texas showed that a lot of natural gas infrastructure does indeed rely on electricity.
We used wood for heat and limited shelf life for diesel is not an issue at all (it is for ethanol based gasoline).