Subj : Re: Canadian oil
To   : Deuce
From : Finnigann
Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 14:11:00

-=> Deuce wrote to Finnigann <=-

 De>   Re: Re: Canadian oil
 De>   By: Finnigann to Deuce on Wed Aug 31 2005 08:01:00

 >  De> A natural gas conversion currently costs $8000 Canadian.  It would pay
 >  De> for itself after 10 years (!).  A new natural gas vehicle costs
 >  De> $28000... it would never pay for itself.
 >
 >  De> There are no other alternatives NOW.
 >
 > Easy, no one is taking petroleum off the market...
 >
 > There are. (I don't know your partucular needs) but electrics are gaining as
 > are hybred vehicles. Hydrogen is an up and commer.

 De> Well, electrics currently cost more to operate here, as for hybrid, our
 De> 1999 Neon gets better mileage than most of them.

Right now the costs are prohibitive, but scale will change that. Coupled with
rising costs of petroleum based energy.

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