neighbor Paying $0.63 a gallon to gas up his car!

[Larry N Johnson]

This topic was in the New, New Chat Thread", but there are so many topics intermixed there, maybe a separate thread would be informative.

What I posted:

BTW, speaking of fuel prices, my neighbor fills his Natural Gas powered Civic GX with natural gas at home: $0.63 a gallon equivalent! That's $0.03 or less a mile for fuel! Prices vary widely in the USA but here in UT that cost is for real at the moment.

This is a domestic resource: We import around 2% of our natural gas via LNG tankers, most of it coming from Trinidad in the Carribean. The other 98% is from the US/Canada. Please click on "Natural Gas Myths at the web site of The American CleanSkies Foundation.

Here is John Mitton's Honda being refueled at home down the street from me:

Then Ron 61 (Ronnie Widener) from Shasta Lake, CA asked:

Larry,

A couple of questions. First what distance or mileage does he get on the car? Second, where I live there is no natural gas line close and it would cost a fortune to have them run one to my house, so do they plan to have commercial outlets available anytime soon?

Thanks,

Ron

Answers:
1. The Honda GX gets about 30 mpg, same a a gasoline power car. The "gas tank" holds about 8 gallones equivalent. So that's a range of 240 miles plus or minus.

2. Regarding natural; gas availability, yes, their are commercial refueling stations. None near you according to http://www.cngprices.com/, a handy map of all the commercial stations. It shows two:
a. Medford, OR at $1.44 a gallon (price may be outdated) and
b. PG&E Chico Service Center
11239 Midway Chico, CA 95928
800-684-4648
This station may require card key access.
This station may require special forms of payment.
$2.67 per gge (Updated 2008-06-12)

So, in your case Natural Gas may not be the answer. Prices and availability vary widly around the country.