lesmore49
canada
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Who says oil / natural gas sources are all found.
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Matthew_B
The boonies near Dallas, Oregon
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Hmmm, if I could only figure out how to run my truck on natural gas....
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KeystoneKid
Oil City, Pa
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Matthew_B wrote:Hmmm, if I could only figure out how to run my truck on natural gas....
Don't take my word for it but I do believe there is a way to convert vehicles to run on natural gas alls you need to do is purchase a kit, but I believe it will only work on gasoline engines not Diesels. I also believe that there is some testing being done in Europe with bigger Diesel powered trucks switching from diesel power to Natural gas when they enter cites so as to cut down on noise and pollution.
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lwmuddy
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Know I know why the people in Iran say they have gas.
I thought is was because of their diet.LOL
Give us all your gas or we'll flood your country with UTUBE VIDEOS and Playboy Centerfolds.LOL.
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houtrz
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I thought they converted diesel buses to run on natural gas in some cites.
A gas conversion would be easier and cheaper if you ran a propane conversion. LPG will be easier to fill/find than LNG.
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belfert
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Some transit lines abandoned CNG as a fuel for buses as the engines wore out in around 50,000 miles. The CNG engines are basically the same as diesel engines with minor changes. Lack of lubricity in the CNG was blamed for the failures. One city had the CNG engines replaced with the same model diesel engines and added diesel tanks to their buses.
A local fairgrounds converted their old parking shuttles to CNG around 1989. These were 1946 Chevy heavy truck chassis. They actually ran better on CNG than gasoline as the carbs had issues. The vehicles only got at most 2,000 miles a year so no track record on how the engines would hold up. They only got about 100 miles to a fillup, but stop and go driving at 20 MPH max plus idling 15 to 20 minutes an hour isn't the best for mileage.
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There probably is as much gas and oil reserves under the ocean floor as there was 100 years ago under the dry land. This is why the major oil companies are spending big bucks to go after those reserves. BP the company I was working for until 6 months ago spent over 4 billion to produce the Atlanits Field in the Gulf of Mexico in 7000 feet of water. This is where the future of the oil and gas industry is....deep water.
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Ultralife
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Natural gas for vehicle fuel has been around for quite some time. As mentioned above, CNG (compressed natural gas) is the most common and least expensive conversion. It requires the installation of a specific pressure vessel as CNG is under pressure at about 3500psi. It also requires a conversion kit for the carburator. A CNG powered vehicle can be fueled overnite at home if you have a natural gas source and a gas compressor.
LNG (Liquidfied Natural Gas) is another story as it is a cryogenic liquid stored in a double walled pressure vessel at ~-340deg F. It is a very expensive conversion. Many years ago the old trams at the San Diego zoo were run on LNG. At one time I was involved in a proto type conversion of a road truck for Walmart and also several vans for a midwest utility. It is a very technical conversion.
There are a few large LNG terminals in the US where it is brought in from offshore in LNG tankers and stored. When needed it is vaporized into its original gaseous state and put into the gas pipeline. LNG allows storage of large volumes of gas.
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