GM planning to develop its first natural gas-powered engine

GM planning to develop its first natural gas-powered engine
General Motors Co. made a surprise announcement that it will be developing its first natural gas-powered engine. U.S. automobiles have largely been dependent on gasoline but that may soon change as GM has embarked on a plan to use natural gas, a fuel that’s both cleaner
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truckmantruckman - 7/5/2011 4:21:32 PM
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I am under the understanding that the extraction of natural gas is very harmful to the drinking water, I am thinking about north west British Columbia, Shell wants to devastate the ground water, then where would America buy there water? Although we would have cars to drive for 100 years, maybe we would be driving to get fresh water elsewhere?


AgentOrangeAgentOrange - 7/5/2011 5:17:09 PM
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Don't worry dude, we've got fresh water out the gazoo here in Ontario and we'll be happy to sell you as much as you need.


truckmantruckman - 7/6/2011 4:34:17 AM
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BC still has lots of clean water, around the tar sands in Alberta you can't say this, people are getting cancer from the contaminated ground water, lets hope that this doesn't happen here in BC.


veyron1001veyron1001 - 7/5/2011 4:26:47 PM
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Ditching the Hybrid Volt already?


lv_vllv_vl - 7/5/2011 7:32:09 PM
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That's great. In Europe people have used (and still use) natural gas conversion kits for years. I think it the past couple of years, after the price of natural gas went up, the savings were not that great.

In US, you can convert you gasoline engine to use natural gas, too:
http://www.cngnow.com/EN-US/Vehicles/Pages/ConverttoCNG.aspx

I have not done the calculations lately, but I doubt you'll save much (if any) by burning natural gas instead of gasoline, as natural gas has less energy. You car will use more natural gas and will be less powerful. However, it is cleaner energy than gasoline.


expertvixeNexpertvixeN - 7/7/2011 5:18:29 AM
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I heard that General Motors has been served with a class-action lawsuit. That's right a lawsuit.It is said that the litigation originates from users of 2007 and 2008 Impalas. The case claims that faulty rear spindle rods are causing tires to wear too easily.That can cause a serious accident not only to the passenger or driver but to the pockets of owners. In 2008 GM addressed the problem for Impalas sold as law enforcement cars, but not to consumer car owners. General Motors could hand out millions if the lawsuit works.I found this here: <a title="General Motors slapped with class action suit over Impalas"


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