Patrol and CNG cars?

Question

Am i right to think that if all vehicles are equip with CNG then petrol sales will go down and that will lead to billions of loses in term of taxes $$$ imposed by the goverment of the country and therefore until today many cars still run on petrol ? Anyway just to let the others who do not know , petrol driven cars can be coverted to CNG by means of a small mod of adding a gas tank behind the boot area... the cost to convert is abt US$2000 but i think in the long run car drivers will save a lot of money and it is ( CNG) very enveroment friendly...

Answer 1

Here's the problem: CNG is compressed NATURAL GAS. Which would be even scarcer than gasoline if we tried to power our entire fleet on it. No, we need to go to something renewable. Ethanol from switchgrass, solar electric, or whatever. And before you say 'Hydrogen', ask yourself , hydrogen from where? Remember, you have to make it. It doesn't just flow out of the ground.

Answer 2

in australia many cars run on LPG (liquid petroleum gas - aka propane). the state of west australia has one of the worlds biggest deposits of it and cars cost around AU$2000 as well to convert.

currently regular petrol costs around $1.30 per litre whereas LPG is about $0.75/litre.

lpg in it's infancy was around a quarter of the price but now that it's gaining popularity it suddenly become far more expensive in a short amount of time. i'm thinking govt coffers definitely have their greedy mitts in this pie and it'll reach the same price as regular petrol in a few short years.

bio diesel is getting more popular too but is actually more expensive that standard diesel.

Answer 3

The goverment will just tax cng

Answer 4

CNG would use up our extensive supplies of methane in northern Canada, But we have not even begun serious work to make that available to the markets. Apparently some environmental groups are wanting to wait until the thawing of the arctic releases the methane into the atmosphere. Ironic!

Answer 5

I drive a CNG car and I pay around US$2.10/gge (gallon equivalent).  The other posters here are correct, if the demand was significantly higher, you could see the price go up quite a bit, and the gov't would want a cut.  The scarcity could be addressed by using biogas, the production of which would become more cost efficient with greater demand.  BTW, CNG combustion still produces CO2 and some particulate emissions, so it's still not completely clean.