SpaceX Is Building A Giant Gas Pipeline But Is Silent About It

Spacex is building a giant gas pipelines but they are keeping really silent on this issue.
Natural gas from FERC pipelines contains 97+ percent methane with a trace of ethane and is largely free of impurities.
Now, assume your rocket factory is less than 20 miles from one of the country's largest FERC-specified natural gas pipelines, which transfers 2.6 billion standard cubic feet (square feet) of gas every single day.
Well, the answer is obvious, and that’s exactly what Elon Musk and SpaceX are planning to do; Elon Musk, who moved to Texas in January to be right next to his factory, was said to have intentions to dig for natural gas there as well.
Although it is unknown what the gas would be used for, Tim George, an attorney for Lone Star, stated at the hearing that SpaceX intends to utilize the methane extracted from the ground "in conjunction with their rocket facility operations”.
Elon Musk is subtly shy about his plans to expand SpaceX’s Texas launch site into a mega-port named ‘Starbase.’ He rarely has, if ever, mentioned the extent of these plans in detail but SpaceX is actively involved in lobbying the Federal Aviation Agency to approve the massive expansion into Starbase.
The surrounding SpaceX land has had little oil and gas development, and nearby there are almost a dozen wells classified as either abandoned or dry holes, Railroad Commission Records show.
Musk needs need natural gas that SpaceX can supercool and compress down into a liquid.
Enbridge’s pipe is currently at 100% of capacity, and SpaceX needs about 4-5 years after signing a capacity agreement with the pipeline to get the facility hooked up.
Based on SpaceX’s PEA, the main takeaway that can be realized is the fact that they will build a cryo gas plant.
This gas pipeline and the production of gas from it will singlehandedly power all of SpaceX’s rockets and make way for the launch site to achieve ten times its capacity for when it will become Starbase.
The NEPA mandated report must include ALL activities related to the proposed action, so if SpaceX intends to power their Spaceport with a power plant and fill the fuel tank up with a gas plant, those related processes must be included in the scope.
The gas will come in a pipeline.
Elon Musk intends to drill, frack, treat, pipe, and process a full vertically integrated oil and gas operation for the proposed STARBASE complex.
We may say that all this has permanently impacted the administration practices of US federal agencies and the recent development of SpaceX’s gas pipeline.
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You are shurely right, it is much better to transport the methane for the launches in trucks than a pipeline. Much more eco friendly. Never mind the rhinos in texas. They need to be protected.