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Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Rybold, Nov 18, 2011.

  1. Rybold

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    I arranged the article so that it gives away clues as you read on,
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    Honda Civic Natural Gas wins 2012 Green Car of the Year Award - latimes.com

    Just say NO to OPEC!
     
    #1 Rybold, Nov 18, 2011
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    Until there are more CNG stations available I just can't see myself getting one. Credit to Honda for the continual effort though.
     
    #2 ydooby, Nov 18, 2011
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    !#$(@ I wanted it to be a Prius. Reading your clues and finding out the answer was more disappointing than a deadbeat dad not coming home for Christmas.
     
    #3 macmaster05, Nov 18, 2011
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    My father and I were just talking about CNG vehicles the other night. He says CNG should be the way to go considering how much we have and how cheap it is but I said how the infrastructure just isn't there and to build it up it will take a lot of cash. Plus I can only speak from living/being stationed in Sacramento but you don't see much natural gas there because of earthquake potential etc. He says though that they are beginning to or have been building/converting 18 wheelers to run on CNG and are installing stations for them so they could do it for passenger vehicles at the same time... I do not know, guess time will tell. If battery technology doesn't jump by some leaps and bounds who knows, it may have to be considered as a way to go.

    I remember reading some years ago about the CNG Civic and even with a 200+ mile range, it would do me no good since I know of no filling stations between my house and any place I go on a 3-4 hour one way trip.
     
    #4 Paradox, Nov 18, 2011
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    Honda sure has a wide array of technologies on the road - Clarity fuel cell is still being leased, IMA hybrids and CNG, and next year electric. Kudos for that.
     
    #5 cycledrum, Nov 18, 2011
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    wait til they start fracking the whole country to keep up with ng demand. and everyone's water becomes polluted. it's one thing to create a vehicle that will run on alternative fuel, it's another to figure where supply will come from.
     
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    Toyota should bring out the Prius CNG. It would be a great alternative to PiP for states with mostly Coal grid electricity.
     
    #7 usbseawolf2000, Nov 22, 2011
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