[basil]

I’ll pay the higher price, thank you very much.

From what I’ve heard, the “natural gas burning car” hasn’t quite made the grade, yet....

[PJ-Comix]

For about a six week period from late June to early August I was paying $0.00 for gasoline. Coupons. Now that the coupons have expired I am bummed out having to pay for gas again. Hope I get another set of those coupons on steroids.

[thackney]

over 110,000 natural-gas vehicles already diving on U.S. roads

BTTT

[posterchild]

The technology exists to easily switch between gasoline and cng - supposedly a large number of taxis in Brazil are so equipped. This will of course increase the space dedicated to fuel tanks though.

Have road taxes been applied to that price yet?

[gunsequalfreedom]

The price gets much better than $2.14 if you have a fueling station at your house. The price ends up being between $0.30 and $0.60 per gallon equivelent.

[robert14]

It takes about $.50 per gallon to compress the gas in your garage with the $10,000 garage compressor. Also remember that cng contains only about 60% as much energy per gallon as gasoline. When you add it all up cng is more expensive then gasoline even at the current prices.

[LaserJock]

I believe natural gas is primarily methane. That means the fuel has nearly unlimited shelf life, compared to gasoline which starts getting stale after only a couple months and turns into something really ugly after about a year.

For this reason I've been thinking of converting my gasoline emergency generator to CNG. Keeping the gas fresh in that thing and the carburetor clean is a chore. Also, it'd sure be nice if I could also convert my big John Deere and couple other small engines (log splitter, ATV, etc.) to CNG since they tend to have the same seasonal chores associated with keeping the fuel system and carb clean over long winters.

I wonder if there's an under served market for CNG-powered lawn tools and other utility equipment.

[Gay State Conservative]

If we have the enormous gas reserves that I've read about CNG cars might prove to be an important component of national energy policy.Add to that Canada's reserves,if they're anything like what ours are reported to be,and it becomes a no brainer,IMO.

[MayflowerMadam]

I worked for a city in So. Cal., and they provided cars to groups of employees who would commit to long-term car pooling. Had to be groups of 3+ in one car. The cars were CNG fueled — Civics, I think.

What a pain. Running out of gas was not an option, since CNG fuel stations were sparse, and you can’t just have someone bring a gallon. Fueling took for-EV-er, and you couldn’t count on the two pumps to work when you needed to fill up. And it wasn’t like fill-ups were less frequent than with a regular car.

(Still, I’m grateful for the money we saved over the three years I participated. It was a great benefit.)