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States pumping up natural gas use

Currently, 23 state legislatures are considering bills that support natural gas as a transportation fuel, with Wyoming appropriating $200,000 for its Dept. of Transportation and Dept. of Administration and Information to retrofit or acquire vehicles in their fleets capable of running on natural gas, according to the trade association NGVAmerica.

 

see link below for article

 

 

http://fleetowner.com/management/news/states-pumping-natural-gas-us...

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landownerPermalink Reply by P.G. on March 12, 2011 at 15:06

Be nice if every city would switch to NGVs and had open refueling access. That would make NGVs more attractive to private consumers.

Be nice to see Gasoline inventories max out due to lack of demand...


landownerPermalink Reply by MARG on March 12, 2011 at 19:46

 

  "I SECOND THAT," P.G.!!!!!  AMEN!!!   WOULD MAKE MANY OF US VERY HAPPY!!!!

     


landownerPermalink Reply by essay on March 14, 2011 at 5:04
This is what I've been saying all along, states will lead the way on this issue in the foreseeable future.  Our federal system is too dysfunctional to hope for much in the short term.

landownerPermalink Reply by little ole 1st grade teacher on March 14, 2011 at 16:25
AMEN to that!!!

landownerPermalink Reply by P.G. on March 14, 2011 at 10:55
Once NG gains a good foothold in the transportation market, Petroleum won't like having to compete with coal prices like NG seems to be stuck doing, huh?

landownerPermalink Reply by Shaleeee on March 14, 2011 at 15:10
How will NG compare to gas in cost and mileage for vehicles - How will we buy it - in BTU's?

landownerPermalink Reply by P.G. on March 14, 2011 at 16:18
Gasoline Gallon Equivalents
Fuel Type Unit of Measure BTUs/Unit Gallon Equivalent
Gasoline (regular) gallon 114,100 1.00 gallon
Diesel #2 gallon 129,500 0.88 gallons
Biodiesel (B100) gallon 118,300 0.96 gallons
Biodiesel (B20) gallon 127,250 0.90 gallons
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) cubic foot 900 126.67 cu. ft.
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) gallon 75,000 1.52 gallons
Propane (LPG) gallon 84,300 1.35 gallons
Ethanol (E100) gallon 76,100 1.50 gallons
Ethanol (E85) gallon 81,800 1.39 gallons
Methanol (M100) gallon 56,800 2.01 gallons
Methanol (M85) gallon 65,400 1.74 gallons
Electricity kilowatt hour (Kwh) 3,400

33.56 Kwhs

 

landownerPermalink Reply by P.G. on March 14, 2011 at 16:26

So if an equivalent amount of cng compared to a gallon of gasoline is126.67 cubic feet and a 1000 cubic feet of gas is selling at the well head for $4 per 1000, one could get about 7.8 gallons equivalent from a 1000 cubic feet of cng for 4 bucks! Figures about 52 cents a gallon... Not going to be that cheap though with mark ups, taxes, etc..

On my gas bill last month the gas company charged around $7.50 per 1000 cubic feet. That would make cng equivalent a little under a buck a gallon if I had one of those home filling devices..

Of course this is if my math is correct.

So lets see, if you bought 20 gallons of CNG equivalent for buck versus 20 gallons of gasoline for $3.50, the American gas company would charge you $20 versus $70 for the terrorists....

 


landownerPermalink Reply by Shaleeee on March 15, 2011 at 13:09
P.G., you are brilliant - thanks so much for the post - still trying to wrap my mind around the numbers - now if the mileage is better with cng than gasoline "sunny days are (hopefully soon) here again"!

landownerPermalink Reply by P.G. on March 15, 2011 at 14:00

http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/natural-gas-2008-honda-c...

 

Here they are test driving the Honda GX and comparing costs of fuel..

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landownerPermalink Reply by Shaleeee on March 15, 2011 at 14:19

Informative article - 5.6 cents per mile compared to 14 cents per mile would be an incentive for me to drive to Coushatta to refuel - I was talking to a person this weekend that said he had checked on converting his truck to cng and it would be about $3000. Thanks

 


Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by awharris on March 16, 2011 at 10:07
Bossier City (2580 E Texas St) has a public CNG refueling station.  The price updated 3/8/2011 is $2.59 per gasoline gallon equivalent.

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