MattDell

This is very good news. We discussed this in my geology class just last week. I'll have to forward my professor that article!


And how is this impractical? Natural gas comes into most homes anyway, putting a machine in your HOUSE that refuels your car for you is certainly more practical than DRIVING to a gas station to fill up!

-Matt

cdelena

With limited range you have to be VERY careful.. if you run out it is probably tow time. Not very practical in my book.

FRM

SF Bay Area Natural Gas Stations

http://www.cngvc.org/ngv/cngvc.nsf/bytitle/bayarea.htm


2008 Redwood Avenue, Napa, CA 94558

2690 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

7855 Earhart Road, Oakland, CA 94621

615 7th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

3965 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

1970 Industrial Way, Belmont, CA 94070

1030 Detroit Avenue, Concord, CA 94518

10900 N. Blaney Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014

24300 Clawiter Road, Hayward, CA 94545

4801 Oakport Road, Oakland, CA 94601

425 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

536 Treat Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110

1220 Anderson Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901

158 Peabody Road, Vacaville, CA 95687

308 Stockton Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126

1100 S. 27th Street, Richmond, CA 94804

2230 Unified Way, San Jose, CA 95124

4500 Norris Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583

3355 Thomas Road, Santa Clara, CA 95054

2352 Bisso Lane, Concord, CA 94520

San Francisco Int'l Airport--South View lot, San Francisco, CA 94128

1101 Second Street, Berkeley, CA 94710

FRM

Sacramento Area Natural Gas Stations

http://www.cngvc.org/ngv/cngvc.nsf/bytitle/inland.htm


7001 Airport Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95837

1040 Shop Street, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

4785 W. Baily Loop, Sacramento, CA 95652

11239 Midway, Chico, CA 95928

316 L Street, Davis, CA 95616

788 Taylorville Road, Grass Valley, CA 95949

5555 Florin-Perkins Road, Sacramento, CA 95826

333 Sacramento Street, Auburn, CA 95603

11458 Elks Circle, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742

1250 Shore Street, West Sacramento, CA 95691

341 Industrial Way, Woodland, CA 95776

steven975

IMO natural gas is probably the perfect alternative fuel for the short and medium term. I'm glad to see honda being the first company with an economical solution that anyone can buy and use.

Hydrogen is the perfect fuel for the long term, but it will only be economical when catalysts that break down water can cheaply be manufactured. Water breaks down naturally, but very slowly (heat facilitates the process of breakdown). Chemical catalysts are out there that speed up the process at normal temps.

FRM

Central California Area Natural Gas Stations

http://www.cngvc.org/ngv/cngvc.nsf/bytitle/cencal.htm


1450 Herndon Avenue, Clovis, CA 93611

On Chestnut Avenue, North of Barstow, Fresno, CA 93067

2414 Monterey Street, Fresno, CA 93716

1126 E. Pine Street, Lodi, CA 95241

3989 South K Street, Tulare, CA 93274

320 N. Tipton Avenue, Visalia, CA 93292

1300 S. Gateway Drive, Madera, CA 93637

428 7th Street, Modesto, CA 95354

1827 South 11th Avenue, Hanford, CA 93230

75 Prado Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

4101 Wible Road, Bakersfield, CA 93313

3185 M Street, Merced, CA 95348

390 Griffin Street, Salinas, CA 93901 (close to Laguna Seca)

4040 West Lane, Stockton, CA 95204

3555 S. Academy Avenue, Sanger, CA 93657

1601 W. McKinley Avenue, Fresno, CA 93728

725 S. Lexington Street, Delano, CA 93215

630 E. Montecito Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103

401 East H Street, Tehachapi, CA 93561

FRM

LA Metro Area Natural Gas Stations

http://www.cngvc.org/ngv/cngvc.nsf/bytitle/labasin.htm


4807 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, CA 91302

6427 Oak Canyon Road, Irvine, CA 92618

3101 Beverly Manor Road, Seal Beach, CA 90740

10844 Ellis Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA 92708

948 South Azusa Avenue, City of Industry, CA 91748

6771 Warner Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647

1100 North Eastern Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90063

3528 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107

10400 Aviation Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045

1055 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

100 Del Norte Blvd., Oxnard, CA 93030

2750 Studebaker Road, Long Beach, CA 90815

120 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802

2400 East Spring Street, Long Beach, CA 90806

400 West Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90802

15330 1/2 S. Woodruff Ave., Bellflower, CA 90706

700 Scaramella Circle, Hemet, CA 92543

12935 Garden Grove Blvd., Garden Grove, CA 92843

2999 3/4 La Jolla Street, Placentia, CA 92807

760 Corporation Yard Way, Corona, CA 92880

1993 Rancho Conejo Boulevard, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

21865 E. Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765

9240 East Firestone Boulevard, Downey, CA 90241

1919 South State College Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92806

701 North Bullis Road, Compton, CA 90221

5610 San Fernando Road, Glendale, CA 91202

1600 Patton Court, Oxnard, CA 93030

8101 South Rosemead Blvd., Pico Rivera, CA 90660

755 West Capitol Drive, San Pedro, CA 90731

1701 Stewart Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404

16645 Saticoy Street, Van Nuys, CA 91406

13200 Mulberry Drive, Whittier, CA 90602

534 Barranca Avenue, Covina, CA 91723

12631 Monarch Street, Garden Grove, CA 92841

cdelena

CNG may be possible, but difficult, in California. In Texas with 7% of the area in the US (over 250,000 square miles) I see all of 34 refuel stations for the state. There are numerous towns 300 or more miles away from a place to refuel. It appears to me that this is only practical for limited use in two cities in Texas. It some other states it is even less practical.

steven975

that is unless you lease or buy a PHIL station for your garage.

inter-city travel over 300 miles round trip is out, though