On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 19:48:17 -0500 Leo Bicknell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, IMHO, natural gas is good for smaller applications (probably > under 250Kw), in areas where the gas is stable so you don't have > to do on site storage. Otherwise Diesel is probably cheaper (both > in genset cost and fuel cost), and easier to obtain.
this is the gist of what i learned a couple of years back. when i asked the PE at the vendor (a Cat reseller) about gas vs. diesel, he showed me that for the size generator we were looking at, diesel was a much better bet on the economics alone. richard -- Richard Welty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Averill Park Networking 518-573-7592 Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security