<VV> LPG vs. Gasoline Re: CNG was Propane

[FrankCB at aol.com]

When you're comparing fuel costs you have to consider $ per heating value,  
NOT simply $ per gallon since different fuels contain different heating 
values  per gallon.  If you check this website:
 
    _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_consumption_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_consumption) 
 
you'll see that a gallon of LPG has only 73% as much heating value as  
regular gasoline, so if you're paying $4 per gallon of gasoline, the equivalent  
price for a gallon of LPG would be 73% x $4 = $2.92 for the same amount of 
LPG  energy so a dollar less for a gallon of LPG is no big saving.
 
Frank Burkhard
 
 
In a message dated 3/11/2011 1:19:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
hharpo at earthlink.net writes:

In my  area when you buy propane (even for your barbeque) it is taxed as 
gasoline. I  am convinced and almost ready to make my Chevy Suburban a dual 
fuel vehicle.  Natural gas as well as gasoline at a cost of about $5000 (or 
the cost of about  1200 gallons of gas at the California pricing) Right now 
the cost of the CNG  comparable to a gallon of gasoline is a savings of $1 per 
gallon.  


-----Original Message-----
>From:  FrankCB at aol.com
>Sent: Mar 11, 2011 10:01 AM
>To:  thesuperscribe at yahoo.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re:  <VV> Propane
>
>You could always ask Tom Keosababian about  using propane in your  
Corvair.  
>His "Clean Air" Corvair ran  173 mph at Bonneville using propane  with 
twin  
>turbochargers.  Of course, he DID use lots of water   injection to keep it 
>all together!!
>LPG is a great automotive  fuel.  It's just a question of the COST of  
using 
>it  compared to gasoline.
> 
>Frank Burkhard
> 
>  
>In a message dated 3/10/2011 10:26:07 P.M. Eastern Standard  Time,  
>thesuperscribe at yahoo.com writes:
>
>Liquified  petroleum gas -- "propane " -- has been a byproduct  of oil  
>refining, 
>but now about 55% of propane comes from natural  gas,  according to the 
>Propane 
>Education & Research  Council  (www.propanecouncil.org). It also says that 
>propane  
>is the most widely  used alternative fuel in the world, with 14  million 
>vehicles 
>burning it,  though not many in the U.S.  Yet the infrastructure is in 
place 
>here  
>for us to use if  we want to. 
>
>
>--Tom in Ohio
>
>--Tom   Berg
>
>
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