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Originally Posted by Piperflyer  Yeah I dont know why its not that popular, I have seen it all over the place in Ukraine, Russia, Peru, etc. It gets the same milage and same power. Im wonderign if a piston powered plane could run off of it. |
CNG is not supported by an infrastructure which is why it isn't popular. Utah, which is where I noticed the orginal guy who posted it lives, has quite a few natural gas stations. Also you would have to convert vehicles which is expensive. A piston powered engine could run on natural gas. That, however, is a tall order because you run into infrastructure and plane conversion problems. I think a jet engine could be run on it too but our natural gas reserves are limited as well. To me, it makes no sense to go to a temporary solution that would require massive infrastructure conversion. The only way infrastructure conversion would be worth it would be to convert to a permanent, renewable source. i.e. hydrogen.