Propane a cheaper alternative to gas for cars - Bakken.com (press release)
Jim Dino | Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Pa. A person could theoretically use the propane cylinder from their grill to fuel their vehicle if it ran on propane. The cylinder might be a little small for a vehicle, but it demonstrates propane’s portability, a gas company official said. Terry Renninger, a regional sales representative for Suburban Propane, talked to members of the Mountain Council of Governments on Friday morning. Propane is heavier than natural gas but “is right there” with natural gas in cost, he said, and there is “no differentiation between propane and natural gas as an alternative fuel. Natural gas can be LNG, liquefied natural gas, or CNG, compressed natural gas. Renninger said propane has some advantages over natural gas and some of the same advantages over gasoline. Unlike natural gas, which needs a pipeline, propane can be transported in vehicles. “A natural gas station costs about $1 million,” Renninger said. “The same size propane station is probably less than $100,000. ”. If a municipality had enough vehicles on its own or municipalities wanted to get together, Renninger said Suburban would be willing to build a station if the company knew it would... Source: bakken.com
