Hello! Don’t know if this is the right sub to make this thread but it’s the first one that came to mind.
I’m planning on getting a gasoline engine car and converting it to natural gas. I have two options in front of me which are a Mercedes C Class 2007 1.8 engine and a Mercedes C Class 2008 3.0 engine both running on gasoline. As I know doing this conversion comes with difficulties in the future for the enginee because of problems that natural gas may cause. I wanted to know if a bigger engine is better than a smaller one or otherwise or maybe if a difference exists. I tried searching on google but didn’t find any good answers. Every helpful advice is appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
Edit : CNG
So I know that CNG is like the betamax of cooking gas. My dad bought a boat a few years back with it. It used to not be an issue, because he had a supplier of it, but now that source has dried up, and he is going crazy trying to find a new supply. Thanks!
My friend's grandmother is selling her husband's 2009 silver sedan with 123,000 miles. Asking price $4500, pick up Los Angeles, CA.
Trunk size is small, gas stations are limited across the states - any others problems with this type of car?
My neighbor can’t find a place that will fill CNG tanks in Durham. Anyone familiar with the topic?
Does anybody here have any experience on having a car changed to use compressed natural gas? I have access to free natural gas and am thinking about making good use of it. I can't seem to find a place that does the conversions on Google. All the info I can find says there are companies who do it but I can't find one.
I live in a country where I could use compressed natural gas (CNG) as my vehicle fuel instead of petroleum. So I have a CNG tank installed in my boot 9 years ago.
The CNG tank's expiry date is reaching soon, I should definitely go for inspection, but does the expiry date means anything at all?
I already Google the question, but the top results don't really provide any information about what happens when the CNG tank "expired".
About two thirds of the electricity generated in the US comes from petroleum and natural gas, with about equal contribution from both sources. Given the source, how do electric cars make a difference environmentally? If the source is the same, it's not making any significant difference when using an electric car. Additionally, there would be loses in efficiency due to transmission/energy transfer.
While I understand that there are other significant sources of electricity like nuclear and renewables, oil and gas (and coal) still contribute to almost 80% of the power generated in the US. So discussion of electricity is still unfortunately dominated by fossil fuels. And given the size and geography of the US large scale adoption of reliable renewables would still take some time.
So let's get back to our present situation. Only 2% of the cars on the road are electric. Almost all the rest run on gasoline. Very small fraction of cars in the US have alternate fields like hydrogen or CNG. Of these, CNG cars are the most realistic option. Since CNG cars are cleaner than petroleum cars, why is there not a push for such cars? In the US, there has been about a 25% increase in the natural gas production in the last five years. While the auto-manufacturers are trying to develop better electric cars, in the short term, like over the next 15-20 years, would it not be better to push for CNG cars? Since the technology already exists, there would not be a huge difficulty in adoption of such vehicles.
Am I missing something significant here?
(Ref: eia.gov)
Hello,
So I know that CNG is like the betamax of cooking gas. My dad bought a bought a few years back with it. It used to not be an issue, because he had a supplier of it, but now that source has dried up, and he is going crazy trying to find a new supply. Thanks!
