gas2.org — Clean Burning Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs) are hot commodities in some parts of the country, where fuel can sell for as low as $0.63 per gallon. This Civic NGV is powered by the simplest and cleanest-burning hydrocarbon available, and though it looks like a standard passenger vehicle, its tailpipe emissions that are often cleaner than ambient air.
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exreMay 5, 2008
That's middle school science for ya.
franlMay 6, 2008
Except that the escaping compressed air itself could cut you in half, not to mention the shrapnel created when the escaping compressed air pulverizes the parts of the car that are not made of carbon fiber.
bearingMay 7, 2008
And who's gonna do it if it means they'll lose money compared to their current situation
bearingMay 7, 2008
How's that? Let's hear it.
gadgeteer10May 11, 2008
A little bit expensive for $25K but you will get that money back saving on Gas and and its a clean COOL car.
thedevoMay 13, 2008
I lived in Utah and had a CNG car. I can promise you that it's $0.63 per GGE (gasoline gallon equivalent). Just look at www.cngprices.com. I drove an hour each way to work for $16 a week.
thedevoMay 13, 2008
Yes, CNG is $0.63 per GGE (gasoline gallon equivalent) in Utah. It's provided by the gas company Questar and is regulated. Prices only change once a year in the fall. (www.cngprices.com) When gas went up in the fall of 2007, natural gas went down at the pump $0.10 per GGE in Utah. CNG is becoming very popular. (<a class="user" href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5guWBaNQkx4i2y5B">http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5guWBaNQkx4i2y5B</a> ... For the Civic GX, there is a $4000 federal income tax credit and a $3000 state income tax credit (in Utah), which makes it about the same price as a Civic LX (~$18K). Honda has already sold all of the 2008 Civic GX's they produced for the year. Plus, in some states you're only spending $0.63 per GGE, can drive solo in the carpool lane, and park downtown at meters for free.We bought a 2000 Bi-Fuel (CNG and gasoline) Ford Contour in California with 20K miles for $5,100. We received ~$2500 back in state income taxes since we were the first to register it in Utah and got all the driving benefits mentioned above. We've since moved to Washington and are looking to install a home refueling appliance made by FuelMaker (FYI not Phill), so that we can fuel our car at home through our natural gas line for $1.00-1.25 per GGE. For now we're running on gas, but we love the fact that we can run on both fuels - it seamlessly switches from CNG to gasoline on the fly.CNG is clean. "Dedicated NGVs also produce, on average, 70 percent less carbon monoxide, 89 percent less non-methane organic gas, and 87 percent less NOx than traditional gasoline powered vehicles." (<a class="user" href="http://www.naturalgas.org/overview/uses_transporta">http://www.naturalgas.org/overview/uses_transporta</a> ... CNG is plentiful. Just watch the History Channel - they list the methane deposits under the ocean as a potential "Mega Disaster". Let's tap into it! I've even heard interviews with people in the mid-west who have natural gas wells on their own land and fill their vehicles with it.Go ahead and use another fuel, it keeps CNG cheap for me!