No Gas Required: Ford Pickup Hauls From NYC To MoTown

[Alljackedup408]

I'd convert mine!

 

[Draenor]

This all sounds like that hippie green crap Zem was talking about last week.

 

[daddy]

Thanks. I needed a laugh today.

What? Plug it in and the electricity just charges it up in your driveway with no smoke, no carcinogens, no anything harmful.

Yep, all that is done at the power plant that produces the electricity.

Do what?

 

[Zembonez]

 

[Longshot270]

Every concrete truck I've ever seen ran on it. From what I've heard from the guys that work on the trucks it is extremely clean on the engine parts.

I also thought it was pumped into the vehicle in liquid form or am I confusing it with propane?

 

[BlueCollarPilot]

Everyone here has a valid point. In the end, Work= force x distance. So however we choose to power our vehicles, from point A, to point B, it's going to require the same amount of energy. Where you get it, doesn't change the equation. The phrase "pay me now, pay me later" comes to mind.

And yes, I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night

Think about it in the "big picture"

 

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

I've already driven some vehicles converted to bi-fuel CNG. It's not bad at all, altough for a dedicated-CNG I'd be more favorable to conversions based in Diesel engines due to the higher compression ratio and the presence of a turbocharger like those Cummins-Westport engines.

I also thought it was pumped into the vehicle in liquid form or am I confusing it with propane?

CNG is basically methane. It's more usual to be just compressed, not liquified like propane.