High MPG

[Danny Barrett]

Around here, when you consider everything (including cylinder hire - you
can't *buy* auto cylinders anymore, from what I've heard), you need to do
about 30,000 km (18,600 miles) per year to even break even - I only do about
10,000 to 15,000 km per year - a lot of good it would do me. However, all of
the taxi's use liquified petroleum gas, as they are doing well above this
figure...

Danny Barrett.

P.S.: it's been that long since I've looked at the price of fule down here
that I had forgotten that the price had gone down - in Tasmania, it's now
about 75 Aussy cents per litre for leaded (what my car currently requires),
and 73 cents per litre for unleaded. This equates to about $4.37 (US) per US
gallon, and $4.25 (US) per US gallon, respectively. As for LPG (propane), it
is about $0.45 per litre, or $2.62 (US) per US gallon.



>If I lived in an area where gas prices are that high, I would be a lot
>more agressive in my plans for running my Full-Sized Jeep on propane or
>methane.  Right now, there isn't enough of a price advantage.
>
>On Wed, 6 May 1998 00:11:27 +1000 (EST) danny_tb at postoffice.utas.edu.au
>(Danny Barrett) writes:
>>$1 (US) per gallon (US gallon I assume)... You should see what we have
>to
>>pay for it in Oz... about 80 cents (Aus) per litre here in Tasmania.
>This
>>equates to about $4.66 (US) per US gallon!!! In mainland Australia, it
>isn't
>>as expensive, but you're still probably looking at more than $3.80 (US)
>per
>>US Gallon!!! And some people wonder why I'm after a bit better fuel
>economy
>>by trying to catalytically crack the fuel, and make it go further...
>>
>>Danny Barrett.
>>
>>
>>(chopped)
>>>with gasoline at $1 a gallon, its just not worth it.
>>>Gary Derian <gderian at cybergate.net>
>>(chopped)
>>
>>
>
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