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To: neverdem
Next problem to rear its head will be no LNG fueling stations. Poor liberals. They snap their fingers and command something and then the world will not cooperate. Always those pesky unintended consequences.
4 posted on 06/17/2005 9:32:55 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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To: Mind-numbed Robot

Part of the problem is limiting options to LNG/CNG. Compressed natural gas has a very limited range. Liquified natural gas would do better, but since LNG tanks are cryogenic, forget about the trunk, it's full of fuel tank.

Propane liquifies by pressure alone, a Victoria could run all day on a tank that would leave luggage space, and can run dual-fuel, propane or gasoline. I know whereof I speak, over twenty years I have done after-market conversions on everything from pickups to floor buffers. If it runs on gasoline, I can make it run on propane. Computerized carburation has bumped the price to about $3,500 per, but one could refuel at the same places that fill grill bottles. Chemically, the difference is an extra carbon atom and emmissions are barely distinguishable. CNG has a better funded lobby.


13 posted on 06/18/2005 2:39:18 AM PDT by barkeep
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