To 2014....and BEYOND!!!!

Only if we had thier better fuel too!

 

I see diesel to be a thing of the past by the end of this decade. CNG or LNG will have take over virtually every market. The truck stops are already planning for it now.

 

How are you seeing that?

 

Looking towards the future like your boss does. The engines are being tested as we speak. The infrastructure is being built or contracts being made as we speak. The emissions standards are far easier to meet without all of the bs add-on equipment and we have an abundance of natural gas in this country. Right now they are being used mainly in local type scenarios by companies like Saddle Creek down here in FL due to lack of infrastructure.

 

Yeah the only problem is that you make less power gallon for gallon. Diesel still have more BTUs and is cheaper to make big power...

 

Energy shell games.

http://www.amazon.com/Energy-Environment-Robert-Ristinen/dp/0471739898


http://www.amazon.com/Renewable-Energy-Handbook-Revised-Comprehensive/dp/098101321X


couple of rather interesting books to read.

 

A thing of the past? Not for a very long time, and most assuredly not by the end of this decade. Sure, CNG/LNG can replace a lot of diesel trucks used currently for local and even some regional trucking, but they're a long way from replacing OTR and some vocational applications.

 

I can see it being implemented and used on day cab and local stuff. MAYBE some regional.

Especially see it in government, mass transit systems as well.

Static and aux power units as well. Here is REALLY makes sense as you can put a 5000 or larger LP or CNG system if it's not tied into grid.

 

You're thinking the old days and pre-emission engines. Reliability is a key factor, perhaps even more of a factor than power. The engine manufacturers have taken it in the shorts over the last decade, trying to make diesel engines into something they aren't. The buyers have taken it in the shorts with downtime and downright unreliable engines. Make a more reliable engine, that gets the job done, and there will be many buyers. Just look at how many gliders are being sold using this exact same philosophy.

 

You can see it being implemented, what do you mean? It is already being implemented and in use now in that capacity. DEF at the pump was rolled out very fast, just as natural gas will be. Obviously there will be diesel trucks still out there, and for some applications, especially vocational or heavy haul, that diesel will still make sense, but I'm predicting OTR will be littered with those units by the end of the decade.