Here in the City of Birmingham, the City busses all run on LNG - liquified natural gas. Sure eliminates a lot of nauseous and noxious fumes that the old gas and diesel engines put out. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver John Bange wrote: >>Why is this conversion not bigger in the US? (aside from availability of >>propane) >> >> > > >Up till now, gas has been too cheap for people to be interested. LPG also >has the minor disadvantage of filling stations being few, plus you can't >just grab a gas can and get a gallon or 2 when you run out on the side of >the road. It's actually used quite a bit for forklifts and fleet vehicles. >Lumber yard I used to work for had eight trucks that ran on LPG. > > > > |
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