Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C7 Forum - View Single Post - GM: Natural Gas is an enticing alternative

Nickdago · 07-31-2008, 07:05 PM

They talked about this on CNN the other night. Potential problem with natural gas as an automotive fuel is it will put even more strain on supplies driving the cost way up, kind of like corn for ethanol. E85 has gone from arond $2.00 to up to $3.00 now becasue of the price of corn which has been driven up by the use of it as ethanol.

One commentator suggested we use different fuels for different segments of the market. Like natural gas would be used mostly for heating our homes which would keep supply in check and help with the use of heating oil being used across the Northeast.

Use Nuclear and other green sources such as Geo-Thermal and clean coal and wind for electricity and so on. Sounded like a good plan to me.

07-31-2008, 07:05 PM	#4
Nickdago Drives: 01 Z06 08 CTS 07 Avy LTZ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Golden, CO Posts: 404	They talked about this on CNN the other night. Potential problem with natural gas as an automotive fuel is it will put even more strain on supplies driving the cost way up, kind of like corn for ethanol. E85 has gone from arond $2.00 to up to $3.00 now becasue of the price of corn which has been driven up by the use of it as ethanol. One commentator suggested we use different fuels for different segments of the market. Like natural gas would be used mostly for heating our homes which would keep supply in check and help with the use of heating oil being used across the Northeast. Use Nuclear and other green sources such as Geo-Thermal and clean coal and wind for electricity and so on. Sounded like a good plan to me.