by
Focus2
Apr 23, 2010
Thanks! I might add that I read this from New York Times (Wheels) comparing electric vehicles, ethanol and hydrogen....
But the energy source that seemed to get the most compliments, and the fewest dings, was natural gas.
“It’s scandalous that so much natural gas is wasted,” said Frank Wolak, an economics professor at Stanford University. “Refineries around the world burn off as waste enough natural gas per year to power the entire state of California.”
In Utah, where compressed natural gas is readily available and has soared in popularity as an automotive fuel, vehicles are quickly, easily and cheaply converted to use it.
“But you really need to do some more things to the engine — forged rods, steel crankshafts and so forth -– to ensure durability,” Mr. Reinert said. “We’ve got a lot of Tundra pickups sitting down in Texas that I know I could move like that, if I could convert them to use C.N.G. Don’t you think you would want to convert over, to a fuel that costs 60 cents a gallon?