Methanol use slated
Apparent Government support for methanol as a motoring fuel has been
criticised by the president of the Gas Association, Mr Lloyd Brown, at the association’s annual conference in Wellington. He said, “I hope comments that Mr Birch (the Minister of Energy) felt methanol was the fuel of the future were a slip of the lip.” Mr Brown said that converting natural gas to methanol was an inefficient process and was a threat to
North Island gas-reticulation pipelines, which were valued at more than SIOOM.
"I can see considerable scope to assist the Railways with its deficit by using natural gas on shunting engines and . other diesel locomotives that will remain in use for some years to come. “I feel certain that investigations would prove the Cook Strait ferries could be readily converted to C.N.G. (compressed natural gas) with considerable savings to the Railways.”
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Press, 21 April 1982, Page 20
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