BlueOcean Energy proposes floating (LNG) terminal to supply gas to New Jersey (Exxon-Mobil)

http://www.blueoceanenergy.com/TheProject/AbouttheProject/tabid/60/Default.aspx

Anchored about 20 miles off the coast of New Jersey and about 30 miles off the coast of New York, the floating LNG terminal will be far from shore and away from shipping lanes, ports and recreational areas. The floating ocean terminal will not be visible from the shoreline.

The BlueOcean Energy terminal will receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies from double-hulled LNG ships and store the LNG in insulated tanks inside the terminal's double hull. LNG ships will moor at the floating terminal about twice a week.

The stored LNG will then be warmed to turn it back into natural gas. The natural gas will flow to New Jersey and New York markets through a new subsea pipeline that will connect to new and existing onshore pipeline systems. Local gas utilities will distribute the natural gas to homes and businesses.

Terminal facilities will be able to deliver about 1.2 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas on an annual average basis, enough to meet the needs of more than 5 million residential customers.

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Even if we are going to burn natural gas we have more than enough domestic supply.

Wouldn't a pipeline from domestic source in midwest or Texas to NJ make more sense than a LNG port so we can buy even more fossil fuels from foreign sources.

I mean it makes about as much sense as coal port so we can start importing coal.

They are also proposing to build *huge* power lines from some of the largest and dirtiest coal-fired plants in West Virginia and PA to supply them with *deadly* coal-fired electricity.

These are the Ambien-addicts that criticize renewable energy development in Maine.

yup

I just don't get the lets build a massive complex, dangerous, and expensive floating seaport so we can take expensive foreign fossil fuels, then liquify them (at more cost), then ship them halfway around the world (at end more cost), oh btw we can't keep LNG cold so some % boils off into the atmosphere each day (more cost and crap lots more CO2 equivalent).

I mean if you are going to use fossil fuels maybe I am crazy but wouldn't you look for a smarter solution?

that`s just august......