LPG

I would be gobsmacked if that was the case.

 

You're from Tassie ?

 

That's what he said and he was back three days later!

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:28:13 GMT

The discussion was about people in the outer suburbs. Country people
have a whole different set of problems and possible solutions.

It appears that Oz is going to have to become much more urban. I
don't think agriculture sans machinery is viable so we aren't going to
go back to the old days when lots of migratory workers went about on
trains and bicycles and did the big jobs by hand. So if petrol's
hard, then rural life is that much less viable. The same is not as
true of outer suburban life.

Zebee

 

Because CNG isn't a petroleum by-product, it is a separate sourced product.


G-S

 

You were talking of outer suburban commuting from an inner city perspective
though. Moving in closer is not an option for many, high city real estate
prices are a pretty good block to that. It would be better on the pocket to
change jobs to something closer but less well paid perhaps, than go heavily
into debt just to be closer to work.

Plus the fact that to me the idea of living in the city sucks, it's not a
financial issue, it's just not somewhere I want to live anyway.

Al

 

A petroleum product. You know, that stuff you want us to stop using.

I can accept that.

I thought so.

Theo

 

Get it done in WA. The State gov't will put in another $1000.

If you have a car where you regularly use all the power available to get up
hills, overtake, etc, and you put a gas conversion on it which reduces the
available power, does it not mean that you will spend much more time at max
available power, and increase your fuel consumption considerably.

I always thought that gas conversions were only economic for larger engines.

Theo

 

He does. Clem is the only person allowed to admit he was wrong on this ng.
The only time he won't admit to it is when you tell him he's wrong.

Theo

 

I'm not surprised you didn't understand that, Hammo.

Theo

 

Okay, where WILL they get it?

 

Yes, but you have to remember that the gas is far less expensive than
the petrol. I don't mind sacrificing a little speed up hills to be able
to travel 300k on $22 of fuel in my 2.4 l 4WD camper that would cost
about $56 on petrol. (I haven't tested the milage on petrol, because I
don't want to waste the money.)

Moike

 

er.. Have you ever noticed that you can always tell where the oil
refineries are at night?

Moike

 

No, It was far less expensive when I had a car converted years ago.
Since then the price of petrol has doubled while the price of LPG has
tripled..

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

well, if it means that we use up the otherwise wasted petroleum gas
instead of some of the petrol, *and* it costs half as much, then yes, it
makes sense to me.

Moike

 

I don't believe that LPG is "otherwise wasted".
Sure there's a flame at a refinery but that's to incinerate nasty waste
products not to get rid of excess LPG.
I think you're furphing.

 

yeah, they only ever seem to be burning at the top of the chimney
stacks, but I seem to recall that what we call LPG is not the lightest
gas produced in the refining process.


Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

NO. Now it's just "less expensive"

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

So less than half the cost per kilometer doesn't rate as "far less
expensive"?
Moike

 

A little googling will tell you that while Australian excess production
of LPG is generally exported, in many places it is still flared off.
It is generated as an unavoidable adjunct to the production and refining
of petroleum. What you can't sell or store can only be burnt off.

Moike