Compressed Natural Gas car

Car runs on CNG - Compressed Natural Gas

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[Charles2337]

Or you can try propane.

[zappafan1325]

This is true. I used to drive a HUGE dump truck that ran on propane.This was 30 years ago. I imagine that the price is a lot higher than natural gas, though. You have to pay the lower price for a long time before you could recoup the cost of the compressor ($10,000 if I remember correctly).Propane is also widely available throughout the country,too.

[Charles2337]

My dodge ram van is a hybrid; propane or gasoline. It's great I only pay 24 dollars for a full tank, and it costs me 60 dollars for gasoline.

[zappafan1325]

Was it made that way or converted? You have two separate tanks? How does the mileage compare?

[stellarprime]

cng is so much cleaner than everything else and with the shale find in the usa we are good to go for the next 118 years. Why not look into this further so we can save money and keep it domestic?

[VaktaSmegMan]

Actually research show'd that it's more likley too go kaboom as you put it in a regular petrol driven car than a ng car, because the gas is very light so it will just float into the atmosphere indstead of frying you like kfc.

[EVcarMan]

@Pentium3ddem Let's not worry about renewing this fuel; the U.S. has a 200 year supply and we could use the export business. By then we'll be making electricity from hydrogen fusion, so the limited supply will take care of itself.

[EVcarMan]

So why is Honda the only car company offering CNG cars in the U.S.? It really wouldn't cost much to add this as an engine option. There are about 8 million production cars worldwide that run on Natural Gas; it's only a new concept in America (we're so backward!).

[808Outlaws]

@Charles2337 And propane accessories

[Pentium3ddem]

here in argentina a lot of cars work with natural gas, i think a 30%, its very cheap and clean for the enviroment, but still a non renovable fuel. Sorry for my english

[SchizoidMan100]

I have one of these cars that I bought at a local lot. It used to belong to the EPA office in Utah.

I fill up for between $7-$9 a time depending how cold it is. It goes 140 mi. for that price. The disadvantage is finding the stuff. A new station is going up here, but not till May. Until then, I'll just use the liquid like everyone else and bide my time.

[jonrcortez]

"We're not gunna pay the oil companies anymore!"

Who do you think drills and produces the natural gas you are using to fuel your car? I'll give you a hint... natural gas is found in the exact same places as oil.

Just saying. CNG is definitely the wave of the future though. Thumbs up

[meanoboy]

I found a website that claims natural gas has an octane level of 130. Plus your oil doesn't break down as fast.

[unholynationmorons]

@luchpockets Natural gas heats homes, now imagen price spiking up like crazy withen 20 years due to supply being zapped out. Now imagen what will happen to everyone. Electricty is different from gas in that we can always make it with wind turbines and solar pannels and nuclear plants. Vegitable oil can also be massed prodeuced so that would be another good fuel to pick from. Compressed air cars also work fine.

[luchpockets]

@unholynationmorons

You do realize that 200 years is about twice as long as we have been slaves to the oil barons and we aren't even talking about all the cost of the pollution that gasoline and oil has created.

Let's face it we need to start using both natural gas and electric, and wean the country off of gasoline, while we continue to search for a better power or fuel source !

These electric batteries are still a bit suspect but are still a better alternative to gasoline.

[unholynationmorons]

@luchpockets We would only have enough to power for 200 years..not to meantion the spike in natural gas after everyone starts using it, then we run out all the steal we wasted making those cars.. Electric and compressed air/electric hybrid would be the best way to go.