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Subject:Re: alternative carburetion of FI 2.0 Liter vanagon engine???
From:John Rodgers
Date:Thu, 8 Sep 2005 15:12:09 -0500

Here in the City of Birmingham, the City busses all run on LNG -
liquified natural gas. Sure eliminates a lot of nauseous and noxious
fumes that the old gas and diesel engines put out.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

John Bange wrote:

>>Why is this conversion not bigger in the US? (aside from availability of
>>propane)
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>Up till now, gas has been too cheap for people to be interested. LPG also
>has the minor disadvantage of filling stations being few, plus you can't
>just grab a gas can and get a gallon or 2 when you run out on the side of
>the road. It's actually used quite a bit for forklifts and fleet vehicles.
>Lumber yard I used to work for had eight trucks that ran on LPG.
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