Featured When fueling stations shut down for your natural-gas car: one reader's experience

ng and h2 are a little too risky for my blood. i don't mind being an early adopter, but a battery is risky enough.

 

There were cheaper options to Phil, but Honda had ended support to any home fueling near the end of the CNG Civic. Residential NG has water and other contaminants that while not an issue for home appliances, could rust out a car's fuel system. Separators could be added to the home pump, but increase the cost.

The future is potentially worse for a hydrogen fuel cell car than the CNG ICE one. The ICE can be converted back to gasoline. It likely is based on a gasoline engine to begin with. Even factory made models, as opposed to an engine designed for natural gas. Then CNG cars still share plenty of other parts with an ICE sibling for the higher mileage examples.

 

No big deal. I'm not an expert, but the option should be there to convert from NG to LP. I think propane has about double the BTU energy per unit, but that should just be a minor modification to get the mixture correct.

Regardless, that's the risk one takes when living on the edge!!