On Monday 06 August 2012 11:04:47 Dave did opine: > I currently have a Ford Ranger pickup truck that has a bifuel CNG > (Compressed Natural Gas)/unleaded gas conversion and I am going to try > and convert that to Propane. I don't have a good source for CNG and > right now Propane is going for just over $1.00 per gallon when purchased > in 500 gallons or more (I have a bulk tank). It doesn't take a rocket > scientist to figure out that $1.00 per gallon fuel will pay for a > conversion very quickly and I already have most of the parts. Propane > is a fairly easy fuel to handle compared to CNG. Not as easy as > Unleaded or Diesel but for 1/3rd the price I can't resist. I have > heard that the low propane prices are due to the fracking that is going > on. I was recently traveling near Pittsburgh and I needed to get a > hotel room one night and all of the hotels were booked and I was told > that was because of the gas field workers who were shipped into open up > the old PA oil wells via fracking. Apparently they are getting a lot > of natural gas and propane out of those wells now. > > I've got a friend who commutes 120 miles per day and he is thinking > about putting a Propane conversion on his car for the same reason. > There is actually a propane fueling station that opened up on I-69 in > Northern Indiana recently and the last time I went by there last week > they were selling propane at the self service pumps for $1.29 per > gallon. Not bad! :-) > > On the OT topic of CO2 - do you know that you can buy CO2 generators > that are oftentimes used in greenhouses? They burn Natural Gas solely > for the purpose of generating CO2... I thought that was ironic - CO2 > really is a Greenhouse gas! :-) > Google: "CO2 generator greenhouse" And yes, they are perfectly > legal. Perhaps you guys in the UK need to relabel your cars "mobile > Green House gas generators" and then perhaps you can get a farm credit > or something instead. ;-) > > Dave
One thing that stands out in this propane discussion is that propane is assumed to be for heating and cooking purposes. Since a large proportion of the pump price is the various state and federal taxes applied to road use fuel, it wouldn't take long for the tax folks to figure out that you aren't paying any road use taxes. Expect a few examples to be made because somebody isn't following existing law, and that separate pumps for road use taxed propane will be mandated relatively quickly. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! Be careful how you get yourself involved with persons or situations that can't bear inspection. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
