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To: Jack of all Trades

Range is also a problem with CNG (though not as bad).
You can get about 1/3 of the equivalence of gasoline in the same large space.

IE, if you have a 15 gallon tank for your gasoline,
and replace it in the same space with CNG tanks,
you have the equivalent range/energy of 5 gals of gasoline.


34 posted on 04/09/2012 8:33:47 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: MrB; thackney

True but the volumetric energy storage density of CNG is about 4 times that of a lithium battery, and 9 times that of NiMH. As I commented to Thackney, electron wells are in short supply.

You can charge a CNG cylinder, store it for a year and it will still have the same charge. You can vent it completely, store it virtually forever, and it will still be just as usable. Low operating temperatures will not degrade range with CNG anywhere near near as badly as it will using batteries.


75 posted on 04/09/2012 10:08:55 AM PDT by Jack of all Trades (Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
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