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Originally Posted by checkthisout
... Natural gas makes a great motor vehicle fuel. When I was a kid the school districts entire bus fleet was run off of natural gas.
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The one downside of using natural gas in vehicles is the size of fuel tanks. Had you looked under one of those school buses, you'd probably have seen 400 "gallons" worth of fuel tanks installed to achieve 100-mile range.
For school buses, which have the space available, operate on short, defined routes and need only one filling station, it definitely works. For the rest of us, maybe not so much.
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Douglas Campbell [drcampbell ot engineer dat kahm]
November 5, 2008: The fat lady sang. Back to actually working for a living.
1986 Isuzu P'up, 177,673.8 miles. Hella headlights, (highly recommended) DOT C-2 back end. (also recommended) R-12 air conditioner converted to R-406a. 4.1:1 rear axle converted to 3.4:1.
9/22/2007, age 21: Still running well when reluctantly sent away for reincarnation, due to body & frame rust.
Last edited by drcampbell : 05-02-2008 at 09:48 AM.
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