Archive for January, 2010
Natural Gas Vehicles: What are the Benefits for Consumers?
A project for my Digital Video Class explaining the benefits of natural gas vehicles for Consumers.
Duration : 0:2:21
Facts about Natural Gas. The Natural Choice.
Natural gas is clean, abundant, reliable, efficient, safe, domestic, versatile and needed now.
“Right Here Right Now”
Performed by Jesus Jones
Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
Duration : 0:2:36
Honda Civic GX Natural Gas Vehicle Review – Kelley Blue Book
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Honda Civic. We recently spent a week in a 2008 Honda Civic GX, the only natural gas vehicle (NGV) available to consumers today, and it didn’t take long to appreciate the range and availability of regular ol’ gasoline. The Civic GX is rated for combined fuel economy of 28 miles per GGE (Gasoline Gallon Equivalent, an NGV standard), but the tank holds just eight GGE. Leaving room for error, then, you have to refill the GX about every 180 to 200 miles. That wouldn’t be as big a problem if compressed natural gas (CNG) were available on every other street corner. The thrust of it, we learned in a typical week of cruising, commuting and grocery shopping, is that you have to plan ahead. The 113-horsepower GX is also slower than traditional Civics, and the extra-large fuel tank eats up all but six cubic feet of trunk space. Still, you can count us in as fans. Our nearby CNG stations are on the pricey side, but we still saved about 30 percent on fuel versus a regular Civic. Factor in solo access to the HOV lane, tax incentives and cleaner emissions, and it’s clear why the 2008Civic GX sold out in the first few months of the year. For more new car reviews, interviews and automotive news visit kbb.com today.
Duration : 0:7:1
Compare home heating oil prices with natural gas?
Is there anyway to accurately compare home heating oil prices with natural gas prices since both use different units of measurement for usage and price?
Thanks.
Jim
Contact the natural gas supplier in your area.They should have a conversion formula to point out the cost savings.
There is an obvious savings if you convert to a natural gas forced air heating system versus a boiler system using either steam or hot water.In the forced air system,you are heating the end use air directly with a heat exchanger that is typically above 90% efficient.With a steam or hot water boiler system,you are heating a transfer medium(steam or hot water) and then heating the end use air/space.
why doesnt USA switch to natural gas cars since theres 200 years of natural gas reserves?
Wouldnt that solve the USA reliance on foreign oil?
Exxon/Mobil, and all the other oil companies won’t allow it. They have too much invested in the old technology to support anything new and innovative.
What are the advantages/disadvantages of having natural gas hot water radiant heat?
If there are any advantages that is…we are looking at a house with this. If it isnt ideal, any idea what it would cost to put in central air and regular gas forced heat?
Is it baseboard or in-floor radiant heat?
Properly installed radiant floor heat is very nice and effective and so is baseboard.
The problem with a home with only radiant heat is that it probably has no A/C unit installed unless they have installed ductless A/C units or use window/portable A/C units.
If it is baseboard heat it would not be too much of a problem to install a forced air system. I cannot say roughly on the cost but I would guess around $4,000 to do so (all depends on the size of the home and the heat-loss). If it is in-floor radiant heat well… that could be more problematic to install and the cost will go up to reflect that.
One benefit though is that if you keep the radiant heat and install a forced air system as well you could qualify for a duel-fuel discount on your electric bill (if the electric company has this type of program) depending on what type of fuel source you use for your forced air unit.
What is your reaction to the fact Pelosi doesn’t know that natural gas is a fossil fuel?
Where are the reduced gas prices she promised 18 months ago?
Perhaps this is the reason.
FOX NEWS revealed (Weds 8/12) that Nancy Pe’lousy’ – Speaker of the House of Representatives owns stock in Clean Energy Fuels Corporation. At the end of 2007 she reported $250,000 in stock growth/profits ( Clean Energy is owned by T. Boone Pickens, Texas Billionaire).
HIGH GAS prices drives higher growth of ‘green’, clean energy. And its growth comes from legislation and funding from stock investments AND your taxes, through federal funding. Pelosi constantly resists any vote on increasing oil exploration and drilling in USA….promotes MORE green energy growth and federal funding!!!
How do you spell ‘conflict of interest’? ….. P-e-l-o-s-i !!!
She has openly accused the President and other Republicans of ‘being in bed with big oil interests’. All the while, she is ’shacking up with’ – T. Boone and other big ‘clean/green energy interests making money on the skyrocketing growth of clean energy, due to high gas prices! (Ditto for Al Bore.)
Now we know why she opposes new oil drilling rights and refuses to allow congressional voting on legislation to increase oil drilling in the USA and off shore!!
Doubt you’ll see this on "Democrats three networks"… – ABC, CBS, NBC!
Why is the government avoiding change overs to natural gas run vehicles?
It is much cheaper than gasoline and doesn’t pollute the environment nearly as much. Right now it is really cheap and supplies are at record highs.
Gasoline has more BTUs per gallon than natural gas
There is an established infrastructure to deliver and sell gasoline, and build and service vehicles that use it. The infrastructure to do all of this for vehicles that run on natural gas just isn’t there yet. If and when it makes economic sense to do so, people will start converting.