Michael Giberson
Around the web, stories about natural gas vehicles are bursting out all over (maybe prompted by this promotional effort which aims to increase the number of CNG vehicles).
Newsweek offers a reporter’s trip test-driving a CNG car (a Honda GX) with her children, traveling from L.A. to San Diego and up to Oakland. A few videos accompany the story, providing more insight into traveling on CNG in California. In sum, "natural gas travel is possible, it is not exactly easy, ... and you can’t beat the price."
The reporter said she paid prices ranging from $2.27 to $2.99 for gas equivalent to a gallon of gasoline, while she saw gasoline prices from $3.95 to $4.56 per gallon.
From the Salt Lake Tribune, a story which emphasizes the state subsidies, environmental benefits, and the potential safety hazards of improperly done conversions:
The number of natural-gas tanks powering Utah vehicles has exploded this year.
Now state ...
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