X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from smtp123.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com ([66.196.96.96] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.7) with SMTP id 3117011 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:49:40 -0400 Received: (qmail 93220 invoked from network); 6 Sep 2008 12:49:39 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=MnLBYQw4YGEGOjFO74Y+05jPRrqawVBI1XfWa16ywlbUFN8PSzX3nELNQn7LgBPzhsQ6/AJ8cniJrcA6XTqZib3gaUlGPUXu9l5gSiLgp71zdHMHFe/BDt+l7/WJUWR0Eccd5d2cusfxcxONl1JQaR7LoNkaa5/jsuAzLx9aKJ0= ; Received: from unknown (HELO mom) (downing.j@sbcglobal.net@75.40.232.191 with login) by smtp123.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Sep 2008 12:49:39 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: cqDTzKkVM1mFOz_QyH8vnIJYGSN2RLApV4GiJs31gwBW1MPpy.u6uGMhd8v4.8.5AqBpnyPe77KRKwTrD_El.DL3BWqEGsP46LcUSCoZhsmQMhHj65HgZvoCrsRzL0JovNs- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-ID: <001901c91020$51fcf520$4001a8c0@gateway.2wire.net> From: "John Downing" To: "flyrotary" Subject: Natural Gas Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 08:58:54 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0016_01C90FFE.CA437C60" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C90FFE.CA437C60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Earnest, in the early nineties I drove a Ford pickup truck while working = for a natural gas storage utility, it had a tank about 20 in. by 48 in. = in the bed. This vehicle cost about $35,000 to convert and would travel = about 60 miles or about 4 hours use on a start of 3600 pounds, which = took about 15 minutes to charge. The truck had a 12 gallon gasoline = tank as a duel fuel vehicle. The first compressor was a light unit about = the size of a home air conditioner unit, which any home owner could hide = in his bushes and fuel his vehicle every night from his NG heating = supply, this unit lasted about two weeks. The next compressor was a = skid mounted unit, approx. 8' x 16' and was a maintenance nightmare. As = I recall the government paid the initial cost to convert the vehicles = and nearly as much to reconvert to gasoline because it just wasn't a = practical application. Us peasants in the outback would soon be = traveling Amish style. JohnD ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C90FFE.CA437C60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Earnest, in the early nineties I drove = a Ford=20 pickup truck while working for a natural gas storage utility, it had a = tank=20 about 20 in. by 48 in. in the bed. This vehicle cost about $35,000 = to=20 convert and would travel about 60 miles or about 4 hours use on a start = of 3600=20 pounds, which took about 15 minutes to charge. The truck had a 12 = gallon=20 gasoline tank as a duel fuel vehicle. The first compressor was a light = unit=20 about the size of a home air conditioner unit, which any home owner = could hide=20 in his bushes and fuel his vehicle every night from his NG heating = supply, this=20 unit lasted about two weeks. The next compressor was a skid = mounted=20 unit, approx. 8' x 16' and was a maintenance nightmare. As I = recall the=20 government paid the initial cost to convert the vehicles and nearly as = much to=20 reconvert to gasoline because it just wasn't a practical = application. Us=20 peasants in the outback would soon be traveling Amish style. =20 JohnD

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