Since fuel costs are soaring, and even though I think they’re going to go up a bit more but eventually come down, I don’t think I’ll be paying $1.50 a gallon ever again.
I’ve made the case that buying a new car is out of the question until gas not only reaches $5.25 a gallon, but stays there. However, I’d still like to lower my fuel costs if possible. One way to do so is to convert my engine to use Liquid Propane Gas (LPG).
I can find plenty of information about this, but it’s primarily from Europe where this is rather common. Here in the states it seems a little harder to track down (not that I’ve been trying too hard, but cursory glances show mostly UK sites).
Now, the MPG using propane is less than using gasoline, and there will be a slight drop in power. But the bonus is that propane is much cheaper than gas (about a 1/3rd of the cost) and the exhaust is much, much cleaner. While I’m far from an enviro-nut, I’m not the “heartless conservative who wants to kill baby seals for sport” many on the left want to paint us all out to be.
So, anyone have any experience converting gas engines to propane?
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Tuesday, September 06, 2005 1:28 PM