Yep, one of the things (besides the cost, as Mayf pointed out) was
trying to figure out where to put those heavy propane tanks--there
wasn't exactly a lot of room :-)
And, as you say, the oil figures for ANWR vary depending on whether the
person giving them is a tree-hugger or a land-rapist.
Best Regards
David
William Lau wrote:
> I had a friend with a 69 Jeep Commando Wagon years ago and he ran it on
> propane. We used it to go on a hunting trip in 1970 and everything worked
> OK but the tank was huge and he got less than half the mileage with propane.
> He filled it from his house tank so it was cheap but on the open road it was
> hard to find and expensive. The tank filled up the entire space in the
> rear.
> The figures for oil in ANWR vary a lot depending on whether the person
> giving them is a tree hugger or a realist. -- Bill --
>
> Hmm.
> I think I remember seeing something about how all the oil in ANWR would
> cover Americas needs for about 6 months and take something like 6 years
> before coming online. I could have the time frames wrong.
> Rather see more conservation and less tearing up the landscape.
>
> Best Regards
> David Sosna
> P.S. I agree--there's no free lunch, though at one time I thought about
> trying to convert my Tiger to Propane. We do seem to have a lot of that
> here in the U.S.
>
>
> William Lau wrote:
>
>> There is no free lunch and all of this talk is moot
>> when we have oil in ANWR province and off the coast of our country and all
>> we have to do is go get it. -- Bill --
>>
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