by ronwagn » Sun 11 Nov 2012, 21:40:18
I have a lot of information that I want to share. 2600 free links to natural gas stories. It includes a section on conversions, near the top. I would like to answer any questions. My blog is ronwagnersrants.blogspot.com
1. There are several American vehicles now available, mostly commercial in nature. Big trucks of all kinds. The pickup trucks are heavy duty. There are also vans. Dodge, Chevrolet, GMC, Ford all now make pickups. They are more expensive, but the payback could be a couple of years, and they will last a lot longer. People who burn a lot of fuel are the ones that save the most money, so are most motivated make the switch. The pickup trucks are all bifuel, to my knowledge. They all have either a small or large, gasoline tank, and automatically switch fuels. The Chevy can go up to 600 miles on both fuels. Vans are available also, but most are natgas only. The Civics are great cars, and one recently went across the country and back on CNG. They are natgas only.
2. There is a pretty good infrastructure for CNG filling stations. See cngprices.com for the map. Some places are about $1.00 per gas gallon equivalent or GGE. DGE is diesel gallon equivalent. Methane is natural gas.
3. The whole world is finding amazing amounts of natural gas. My prediction is that the world will all have low priced natural gas in twenty years. Natural gas is much cleaner than coal. Also cleaner than diesel or gasoline.
Energy is all around us. Just learn to use it in harmony with the environment.