Jan
24
Tuesday evening January 22, 2013 Commissioner Porter presented a check to Denton ISD for $123,696 for the purchase of seven propane buses and the upgrade of their 18,000 gallon propane refueling site. The district has also received more than $655,000 in Federal alternative motor-fuel tax credits for use of propane. For 17 years, Denton ISD… Continue reading »
Jan
11
It has taken a couple of years for the energy industry to acknowledge a new reality: Natural gas availability is soaring in contravention of forecasting models that have been in use for decades, and the fuel is set to transform everything from power generation and transport to chemicals and even the trade deficit. As old operating… Continue reading »
Dec
20
The demand for energy workers is up, driven by the shale oil and gas boom and the coming surge of retiring baby boomers, which could force some companies to replace up to half of their workers within the next 15 years. That means a need for everything from technicians and maintenance workers to engineers and… Continue reading »
Dec
11
The Railroad Commission of Texas and the Texas Parent Teacher Association granted $739,059 to the Midland Independent School District to acquire propane-fueled buses and a propane fueling station. “It’s beneficial to the taxpayers of the school district to reduce the operating cost by using propane rather than diesel fuel,” Texas Railroad Commissioner David Porter said.… Continue reading »
Dec
03
Today’s internal-combustion cars and trucks can run on CNG, LNG or propane with some fairly simple engine modifications. Is T. Boone Pickens the villain here, as Willis, president of the Propane Education and Research Council (PERC), suggests? Do his CNG and LNG business interests blind him to the superiority of propane? “We tried to get… Continue reading »