LP or propane is easily contained in a low-pressure tank - it is a portable fuel.
Natural gas does not compress well, so is _not_ well suited for a portable fuel.
Natural gas needs constant flow from a pipeline - it's almost always a gas, not a liquid. As such, it has very low BTU per volume.
Propane (LP) will store in the big white tanks, and contains many more btu per volume as a liquid.
Propane turns into a liquid in the 100-200 lbs of pressure range. Natural gas turns into a liquid at about 3000 lbs of pressure.
Natural gas is a wonderful & 'local' energy source, but it requires many, many more pipelines if we wish to exapand it's use, and it does not work well for autos/trucks/trains. Works great for heat or a stationary engine.
Already there has been conflict between drying corn & heating houses with natural gas - the pipeline infrastructure would need massive upgrading to try to do a big increase in use.
Without much storage, kinda open to terrorist attacks on the big pipelines, and all heat/power shuts down..... One is dependant on that pipeline flowing 24/7.
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