<VV> CORRECTION Re: LPG vs. Gasoline Re: CNG was Propane

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Sorry, but I misread the data and gave you the values of LNG rather than  
LPG.  The numbers I gave in my previous post apply to liquified NATURAL gas  
and NOT LPG.  But the concept is valid.  You have to compare the price  per 
energy value to make a valid COST comparison of different fuels (even  
electricity)
Sorry about that, but at my age my fingers are quicker than my brain.
Frank "aging" Burkhard
 
 
In a message dated 3/11/2011 3:17:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
FrankCB at aol.com writes:

When  you're comparing fuel costs you have to consider $ per heating value, 
  
NOT simply $ per gallon since different fuels contain different heating  
values  per gallon.  If you check this website:

_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_consumption_  
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_consumption) 

you'll see that a  gallon of LPG has only 73% as much heating value as  
regular  gasoline, so if you're paying $4 per gallon of gasoline, the 
equivalent   
price for a gallon of LPG would be 73% x $4 = $2.92 for the same amount of  
LPG  energy so a dollar less for a gallon of LPG is no big  saving.

Frank Burkhard


In a message dated 3/11/2011 1:19:19  P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
hharpo at earthlink.net writes:

In  my  area when you buy propane (even for your barbeque) it is taxed as  
gasoline. I  am convinced and almost ready to make my Chevy Suburban  a 
dual 
fuel vehicle.  Natural gas as well as gasoline at a cost of  about $5000 
(or 
the cost of about  1200 gallons of gas at the  California pricing) Right 
now 
the cost of the CNG  comparable to a  gallon of gasoline is a savings of $1 
per 
gallon.   


-----Original Message-----
>From:   FrankCB at aol.com
>Sent: Mar 11, 2011 10:01 AM
>To:   thesuperscribe at yahoo.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re:   <VV> Propane
>
>You could always ask Tom Keosababian  about  using propane in your  
Corvair.  
>His "Clean  Air" Corvair ran  173 mph at Bonneville using propane  with  
twin  
>turbochargers.  Of course, he DID use lots of  water   injection to keep 
it 
>all together!!
>LPG is a  great automotive  fuel.  It's just a question of the COST of   
using 
>it  compared to gasoline.
> 
>Frank  Burkhard
> 
>  
>In a message dated 3/10/2011 10:26:07  P.M. Eastern Standard  Time,  
>thesuperscribe at yahoo.com  writes:
>
>Liquified  petroleum gas -- "propane " -- has been  a byproduct  of oil  
>refining, 
>but now about 55% of  propane comes from natural  gas,  according to the 
>Propane  
>Education & Research  Council  (www.propanecouncil.org).  It also says 
that 
>propane  
>is the most widely  used  alternative fuel in the world, with 14  million 
>vehicles  
>burning it,  though not many in the U.S.  Yet the  infrastructure is in 
place 
>here  
>for us to use  if  we want to. 
>
>
>--Tom in  Ohio
>
>--Tom   Berg
>
>
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