It started well: with natural gas propulsion, the car industry created an environmentally friendly alternative to diesel and petrol, which was above all one thing: economical in use. The prices per kilo were (as opposed to liters of fuel) 0.7 to 1.2 euros. But that’s it, the prices at gas stations are skyrocketing. For example, supplier OMV wants no less than 2,999 euros per kilo nationwide. Is this the end of what is actually good technology?
Natural gas, the most common form is CNG (Compressed Natural Gas), is billed as fuel at the filling station in euros per kilogram. The energy content of one kilogram of CNG corresponds to that of approximately 1.5 liters of Super 95 or 1.3 liters of diesel. The gas is transported at a pressure of about 200 bar in pressure tanks built into the car and burned in petrol engines. You can currently refuel with natural gas at approximately 175 stations in Austria. If the driver has made an expensive conversion, he can be happy with environmental protection, but not with the (incomprehensible) price explosion.
Source: Krone
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