Date:         Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:12:45 -0400
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Hydrogen cars ... a lot of hot gas!! ;)
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM>
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Well, we DO use propane as automotive fuel in the U.S., and CNG as well.
Been doing it for years.  When I was a biology prof at University of
Texas at Brownsville, the university had a number of dual fuel vehicles
that ran on gasoline and propane.  So far as I could tell, I was the
only employee who regularly used propane.  In fact, I picked up one van
and trundled off to the contracted propane vendor with it.  When the
tech attempted to open the gate to the propane port, he found the gate
rusted closed!!  The reason that the university had those dual fuel
vehicles was that the state (Texas) required that state owned vehicles
run on both gasoline and either propane or CNG.  I don't know if that is
still true or not.

Compressed gases are no more dangerous than gasoline as transportation
fuel.  Yes, they can go boom.  Gasoline can't?  Hmmmm.

Dave Mc


On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 5:59 PM , Andrew Grebneff wrote:

>> with hydrogen, it's worse: do you REALLY want that wal-mart crowd
>> filling up with a
>> very explosive gas in your neighborhood? and before you answer that,
>> ask yourself the same
>> question about propane. it could also be used as an automobile fuel,
>> but we don't. wonder why?
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> Propane is common in New Zealand, but only petroleum-chain gas
> stations (so far) sell it. It has been available for maybe 20 years,
> with zero accidents so far.
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> In Australia CNG has been offered for a while, and propane has been on
> sale for a little while.
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> Regards
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin, New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fanatic