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Originally Posted by JamieGeek
Would it be worth it though? $8000 pays for a lot of gas. There would be an advantage if you went with propane since the refer & stove also use propane--you could remove the propane tank and use that space for additional storage (however would the new propane tank take more volume than the 55 gallon gas tank?).
Personally I don't think it would be worth it, but then on my blog I've speculated on what it would take to make an electric RV.
What would it take?? | Some spare electrons from driving a Focus Electric |
LNG and CNG filling stations are going up all over the country at a rapid clip. The southern states have the most. For ever 10,000 you drive you will save $1750 if the price of LNG is $1.75 per gallon. If seen it in Clinton Ok for $1.55. If you drive 10,000 at 10 mpg you will use 1,000 gallons of LNG. That's 1750. Gas is twice that much so you'll save $1750 per year. At $8000 you get it back in 4.5 years. If you drive 20,000 miles you get it back in 2 plus years ect. ect. ect. How many miles we gunna drive? Of course, you might not be able to find a LNG station yet everywhere you need to fill it. You will find them in heavier populated areas. I live in the middle of no where in Parachute, CO and we have 2. But that's because Encana is here and they have their own LNG stations as well. It's being adopted way more rapidly with trash trucks and city bus systems because they can fill up each night at the shop. You can install your own compressor in the garage and fill up there too. It's expensive. When the over the road crowd has a station every 40 miles on the interstate system in a few years, you can ditch gas completely. Now you see why Ford has a LNG/CNG ready chassis for most everything bigger than half ton. But to take advantage of the readiness, you must have the rest installed at the dealer level post delivery by Ford blessed modifiers to hold the warranty. It's around that $8,000. might be $5,000 soon when everyone's doing it and the price drops.
There's the plan bud.
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