at an elevated temperature and because the gas is not being compressed into a tank overheating is not as great a concern heat dissipation into the surrounding earth is represented by the wavy arrows emanating from each of the capacitors 20 this represents the slowed heat transfer resulting from the insulating effect of the surrounding earth still further as a particular advantage when a tanker is connected to one or more capacitors 20 it has been found that loading can be achieved quickly because little or no compression of the gas being drawn from the capacitor or capacitors 20 is required as the gas in the capacitor or capacitors 20 is already compressed to or close to the desired pressurization of 3000 psi it has further been found that 2 capacitors 20 such as described above holding 600 mcf of methane gas can be loaded relatively quickly for example in one half hour or less one reason for this is that the temperature drop experienced as a result of transfer to the initially lower pressure environment of the tanker will be from the elevated temperature of the capacitor not an ambient air temperature or the like such that the end temperature will not be as close to the freezing temperature of the gas one or more capacitors 20 according to the present invention can also be advantageously utilized at the end user or other unloading site such capacitors 20 can be one or more of any of several.