Depending on the jurisdiction, there is still a road tax. If it is known to go into road vehicles, LPG and Propane are taxed. I think it is relative to the heat content, and pretty soon my fuzzy crystal ball says various jurisdictions are going to find a new taxing method for 'alternative fuels' (anything other than gas and diesel).
I think some already do. They levy a tax based on the number of miles driven. One day, I believe it will become standard to tax either all vehicles by the mile or some other basis. But for doing comparison for the economics to work out and not get unreal-surprises, I would put in an assumption of 'energy density' prices, or relative per mile prices. Some states are working on this. I think I saw Washington state charges $100/EV, and Kentucky charges about $120/EV per year. .... So guessing tax is about 50cents/gal, those are only 200 or 240 gallons of tax, and say 40 MPG, would be roughly the same as 8 to 10K miles of gasoline tax per year. But from a quick search it appears that 15K miles per year is about average in the USA. (and in the UK about 12K miles/yr - in Europe it appears to be about 4500mi/yr) Also if you can find non-Ethanol gas (there are stations in this area) it is supposedly 114,000 btu/gallon Taxes for each state are available at: http://www.api.org/Oil-and-Natural-Gas-Overview/Industry-Economics/Fuel-Taxes.aspx They have separate charts for Diesel and Gasoline. Gas currently is anywhere between 26.4 cents/gal and 67.7 cents/gal depending on your state. and 32.4 to 73.5 for diesel (ref for energy densities: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_gallon_equivalent ) ><> ... Jack On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > Good point regarding energy density.. > > LPG - 84,000 btu/gallon / $1.29 per gallon = 65,000 btu / $ > Gasoline with Ethanol - the crap we have here - 112,000 btu/gallon @ > $3.60 per gallon = 31,000 btu / $ > > That is with road tax on both fuels. So gasoline is over twice the > price of propane right now. Natural gas is even cheaper but I don't > have a natural gas line at my house > and the compressor to fill the tank to 4000 psi or so is expensive. > Plus I only got about 120 miles out of the tank when it was full. > > I can refill the truck myself. I already refill other cylinders off the > bulk tank now. If I run out, I can run it on unleaded gas - most > propane setups are dual fuel. > > I'd like to put a 30 gallon propane tank in the Ford Ranger pickup bed - > and even at 16 mpg I should be good for almost 500 miles. > > Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
