From: inpsa@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu
Newsgroups: sci.energy
Subject: Natural Gas Cars - Refuel From Home Lines!
Date: 29 Jul 92 02:16:20 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

This article came with my July gas bill.  It details a small appliance
designed to refuel natural-gas powered cars.    --Jim Reynolds


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From "The Gasline", News Of Interest To UGI Customers       July, 1992

Introducing the Ultimate Home Appliance!

Imagine arriving home at day's end.  You step out of your car, remover the
hose from your personal home fueling appliance, plug the hose into your car's
receptacle and walk away.  The next morning your car will be refueled with
clean, economical natural gas!

Sound like something from a futuristic movie?  It's not!  The technology to
power your car with natural gas - and the convenience of home fueling is
available today.

Although home fueling with natural gas is just getting started in the U.S.,
someday a home fueling station will be as standard in a gas home as your
furnace.

Because natural gas significantly reduces exhaust fumes and emissions, its use
as a vehicle fuel promises to grow quickly.  Eventully, you'll be able to buy
cars already built to run on natural gas.  General Motors Corporation is
already manufacturing pick-up trucks, passenger vans and sedans powered by
natural gas.


Convenience Only One Advantage

The home fueling appliance offers many exciting advantages:

  - lower fuel costs (70 to 80 cents per gallon equivalent)
  - higher octane rating than premium gasoline: 130
  - convenient, safe, easy home refueling
  - fewer trips to the gas station

Using the home fueling appliance is safe, fast and easy.  The unit runs very
quietly, is designed to be located outside near the garage or driveway and can
be installed by UGI.  The appliance will refuel your vehicle overnight in as
little as four hours.


Natural Gas - the Ultimate Vehicle Fuel

Natural gas, the same fuel you use for heating and cooking, can fuel your own
car at home!  Over 700,000 vehicles operate on natural gas worldwide.  Natural
gas as a vehicle fuel is:

  - economical - in most areas costing less than gasoline; because it burns
    cleanly you also spend less on car maintenence;
  - safe - accident surveys show natural gas vehicles are safer than gasoline;
  - secure North Amercian energy - 98% of natural gas comes from North America
    with large untapped reserves;
  - kind to the environment - reduces exhaust fumes and emissions.


Converting Your Own Car

Your own car or light truck can easily be converted to run on natural gas.
The original gasoline fuel system is left intact making the vehicle "dual-
fuel."  A dashboard switch allows you to select natural gas or gasoline.

Natural gas is stored in small cylinders (similar to scuba diving tanks)
located in the trunk.  These tanks are extremely safe - much stronger than
standard gasoline tanks.

Your car will get the same "miles per gallon" with natural gas as with
conventional gasoline.  Vehicle range is about 150 miles.


See the Ultimate Home Appliance Today!

You can see the natural gas fueling appliance on display at:

  - the SMART HOUSE, 713 Farnum Road, Lititz, built by Charter Corporation.
    Call (717) 293-9900 to schedule a tour.

  - the Pointe North Development, 4707 Kathi Drive, Bethlehem, built by Jack
    Calahan, Inc.  Call (215) 882-9664 to schedule a tour.


The Ultimate Home Appliance is compact (28 in. L x 19 in. W x 28 in. H) -
designed for installation alongside your driveway or garage.  The appliance is
safe, easy to use and works directly with your home's existing gas lines.

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