<VV> Cheaper than gasoline? Re: CNG Conversion?

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Hi "-B",
    Have you run a relative cost analysis to see  if using CNG is any cheaper 
than using gasoline?  At $3.50 per  gallon (northern NJ), the energy content 
of gasoline is just about $30 per  million BTU.  My natural gas delivered to 
my house is about HALF of that  cost on a BTU basis ($1.44 per therm).  
However, that NG cost is for VERY  low pressure NG.  How much is HIGHLY COMPRESSED NG 
going to cost  you?  Can you buy it by the tankful in the compressed state?  
At what  cost?  Or do you have to expend considerable electric power yourself 
to  compress it into a tank?
    Unless the expenditure of getting the CNG into  your tank in the highly 
compressed state is MUCH cheaper than buying gasoline,  then why bother.
    Regards,
    Frank "calculatingly" Burkhard 
 
In a message dated 5/3/2008 8:20:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
utvairs at yahoo.com writes:

Compressed Natural Gas).

Has anyone on the list ever converted  their Corvair to run on CNG?  If so, I 
would appreciate recommendations  for conversion kit(s), as well as any 
hints/tips/gotchas to be aware  of.

Thanks,
-B







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