Maritime Matters: The MarineLink Podcast
Sep 25, 2026 · 25 min · 11 segments
Ports are looking for affordable, reliable ways to decarbonize while still getting the performance they need. Propane can be part of that entire energy mix — from moving freight to material handling…
Jim BunseyGuestGreg TroutlineHostThat's actually a good point specifically regarding the types and sizes and variety of vehicles.
And just as a side, I mean, do you still see that kind of as a misconception amongst the ports? I mean, do you see it as ports categorized propane is available for this class of equipment but not that class? Because from what I'm hearing and what you've said and what I've seen at the various shows around the world, you've got some pretty big kit that's running on propane.
Or they're like, oh, is it the same thing as in my grill? And I'm like, yeah, it is the same in your grill because the last time I cooked that T-bone steak with diesel, it didn't taste well.
You know, so that's really that particular matter, all the emissions that come out of the other fuels.
And that's why diesel has to work so hard because diesel can have a clean tailpipe, but it's a complexity, right? We can do that.
and it's being choked back so i'm never going to be anti-diesel but for us to meet it and for the easy button that's where propane really comes into play you know we have a carbon intensity that is cleaner than the national average of the electric grid so everybody talks about how clean electric is and the average carbon intensity in the united states right now so if we look across united across the board we have a carbon intensity of 131 and propane has carbon intensity 73.
So right now, with a propane piece of equipment, total impact on the environment, you're cleaner than the electric grid.
Well, I think the key point to make here is I'm more of a ribeye guy than a T-bone steak guy, but that's okay.
In fact, I just cooked some nice ones up because I just got back from a long trip overseas, and there's really nothing like American beef today.
As far as I'm concerned, but I have never thought of nor would I ever think of cooking my my ribeyes with diesel.
And those are the things that, you know, when people are like, I didn't know propane could do that or I didn't know that was a solution.
That's actually a good point specifically regarding the types and sizes and variety of vehicles.
And just as a side, I mean, do you still see that kind of as a misconception amongst the ports? I mean, do you see it as ports categorized propane is available for this class of equipment but not that class? Because from what I'm hearing and what you've said and what I've seen at the various shows around the world, you've got some pretty big kit that's running on propane.
Or they're like, oh, is it the same thing as in my grill? And I'm like, yeah, it is the same in your grill because the last time I cooked that T-bone steak with diesel, it didn't taste well.
You know, so that's really that particular matter, all the emissions that come out of the other fuels.
And that's why diesel has to work so hard because diesel can have a clean tailpipe, but it's a complexity, right? We can do that.
and it's being choked back so i'm never going to be anti-diesel but for us to meet it and for the easy button that's where propane really comes into play you know we have a carbon intensity that is cleaner than the national average of the electric grid so everybody talks about how clean electric is and the average carbon intensity in the united states right now so if we look across united across the board we have a carbon intensity of 131 and propane has carbon intensity 73.
So right now, with a propane piece of equipment, total impact on the environment, you're cleaner than the electric grid.
Well, I think the key point to make here is I'm more of a ribeye guy than a T-bone steak guy, but that's okay.
In fact, I just cooked some nice ones up because I just got back from a long trip overseas, and there's really nothing like American beef today.
As far as I'm concerned, but I have never thought of nor would I ever think of cooking my my ribeyes with diesel.
And those are the things that, you know, when people are like, I didn't know propane could do that or I didn't know that was a solution.
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