I have offended the diesel spirits, oh my! Grant, Philip, I think you missed my point. At current pricing, driving a CNG powered crown vic will cost less (by about half) than a gasoline powered version per mile, because CNG prices are low, like diesel vs gasoline was years ago. -- Max Dillon Charleston, SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> wrote: >If you do a true apples to apples comparison of Diesel fuel and CNG >fuel, >which would include all the special handling equipment and engine >changes >necessary to actually run CNG, the BTU yield per pound of material is >still >much lower for CNG than Diesel. > >Internal combustion engines are heat engines.. you have to make heat to >get >power. If the fuel used simply does not possess the density of BTU's >per >unit of fuel, it takes more of that fuel to make the equivalent useful >horse power. > >CNG is the poster child for "clean burning" and for "government >subsidy" >but not for efficiency per pound of energy yield. The argument can be >made >that without government subsidy keeping the GNG industry pumped up, no >one >would bother with it. > >Numerous transit companies have ordered and used CNG buses as part of >their >fleet mix. In every case, as soon as the government money which >supported >them ran out.. they were "retired" and sold off for pennies on the >dollar.. > >Grant... >Who presently owns 3 retired diesel buses and has owned more than 10 in >the >past 10 years and has had a good look at CNG buses at auctions. > > >On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, 10 May 2013 15:48:20 -0400 >> Max <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> >> > I think that a CNG vehicle has a fuel cost per mile about half the >> > equivalent gasoline powered vehicle. CNG is the new diesel! >> >> No. It is not a compression ignition. >> >> And CNG is more volatile than gasoline. >> >> And has to be in a _pressurized_ storage tank. >> >> But if there isn't a leak, long term storage potential is good. >> >> -- Philip, who chooses diesel _not_ because of price. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
