Does Propane go bad?

[5030]

Exactly!! Then why comment?

Because like you, I can.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

You can also get the tank recertified. Most folks just don't bother and just buy a replacement at a higher cost than recertification.

You can also buy a stamp kit from Harbor Freight and recertify the tank yourself. A 100 lb. tank is the largest considered "portable" and expires after 12 years. Do a thorough inspection of the tank for damage, and particularly for rust on the bottom. State law often requires valve replacement, which can be done by using a propane torch to soften the Loctite on the threads. Even if you use the original valve, inspect it carefully. I have seen a valve seal deteriorate and fail to seal, creating a severe fire hazard. On the one I saw, the seal was not replaceable. It needed a new valve.

Here is what recertification marks look like:

https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/propane_en_v3.pdf

 

[coobie]

Exactly!! Then why comment?

Because then 5030 the village senior can be the senseless top poster of the month with his blather..

 

[ddbackhoe]

What will the average person do for cooking and heating if propane, natural gas, fuel oil and firewood are outlawed?

 

[SandburRanch]

What will the average person do for cooking and heating if propane, natural gas, fuel oil and firewood are outlawed?

Whatever the average person does for the above they'll be doing it Neked or nearly Neked .

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[Outinstickssnafu]

Oh I think we'll be using fuel and propane in a hundred years but it might be the fact that much will not be extracted from buried reserves.

Maybe some people here know, and after all the seemingly endless issue to get even planes to run on bio fuels ... what annoyed me a couple of years to no end was discovering that the refinery plants, can use vegetable oil stock, in the same cracking plant as it exists ... to produce the same product we're putting in our tanks right now! No the oil industry doesn't advertise that what so ever. My guess is what will come to pass is "the industry" will finally announce they can do something with natural non mineral oils ... no doubt charging a big fee for this "new" technology they'll introduce.

 

[RalphVa]

What will the average person do for cooking and heating if propane, natural gas, fuel oil and firewood are outlawed?

Electric works quite well for cooking and heating. Is far more efficient for heating with heat pumps. Geothermal ones will work anywhere. Already have heat pumps for hot water and for clothes drying, lots more efficient than gas or straight electric.

 

[ddbackhoe]

Electric works quite well for cooking and heating. Is far more efficient for heating with heat pumps. Geothermal ones will work anywhere. Already have heat pumps for hot water and for clothes drying, lots more efficient than gas or straight electric.

And…who will pay to convert everyones houses? Where are they building new electrical generating plants?

 

[RalphVa]

And…who will pay to convert everyones houses? Where are they building new electrical generating plants?

Geothermal would pay for itself if you're using either straight electrical heating or heating with NG or propane/butane. Saves at least 2/3.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

And…who will pay to convert everyones houses? Where are they building new electrical generating plants?

They just got approval for a 3900 acre solar farm at Christmas Valley. Five new wind projects launched in 2021. Wind already supplies 82 gigawatts, and is growing fast.

5 US wind energy projects starting in 2021

Studies predict more than 600,000 jobs will be created in wind energy by 2050 in the USA. Read about key projects, sustainable future, and opportunities.

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States spending the most on wind power projects over the next 10 years:​

• Texas is the state that will invest the most in wind energy, with spending estimated to rise to $16bn on 26 projects in total.
• With spending estimated to $15bn, Massachusetts will create job opportunities in 6 new projects.
• With a cumulative investment through 2019 of $4.2bn, New York will build 18 new projects with spending estimated to $11bn.
• Wyoming will invest in 10 new projects with a total value of $9bn.
• New Mexico, where the installed wind capacity is 1,952MW, spending estimated to $6bn in 8 projects.