Re: Propane and propane accessories


whistler wrote:
I beleive that LP (liquified propane) as a cingular gas and therefore
easier / cheaper to liquify . NG and methane are mixes of gases which
makes liquifaction much more dificult. Plus u need to consider getting
approx only 75% of the power u would from petrol. Plus , when u use
any fuel on public way, guv wants their road tax.
..

Others probably have more details on all this.

What I know is that methane is extremely combustible - dangerous to
move around. We spent some time running around Western Washington after
the Oregon gathering with a brother who had a VW bus that ran on
propane. The tanks took up a lot of space and had to be filled often. I
don't remember about the mileage. But propane still contributes to
pollution because it's a refined petroleum product (or byproduct).
Whatever happened to electric cars - solar cars - mass transit??? or -
if you live in the country - get a horse - we need to stop limiting our
options to individually owned, internal combustion engines - soon . . .
.. swan . . . .


jmcgill wrote:
Tha Preacha Bill wrote:
Hmmm, $6.50 for 20 gallons ?? seems a lot better than $45.00 for 20
gallons of regular gas.

How far can a CNG vehicle travel on this amount of fuel, compared to a
gasoline vehicle with the same payload?

Compare only reasonable current technology that's available for street
legal vehicles. My town is full of CNG vehicles, including our buses
and most city vehicles that don't move heavy loads and aren't required
to be high performance (police cars are definetly gas powered, and
utility trucks are diesel.)


They obviously perform well, but nowhere near the magical numbers you
implied in your post.

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