Propane Motorcycle in Peru I am not sure which country is more advanced, the USA or the rest of the planet. Last year I photographed Tuk Tuk’s and Taxi’s in Thailand powered by Liquid Propane, now I found a motorcycle in Peru, here is a couple of photos.
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This motorcycle is powered by LGP; however not hard to believe it appears to be owned by Repsol, what I believe is a distributor of Propane.
Here is a closer look at the connections on the back of the motorcycle.
The man is also delivering tanks of propane or LPG, so he has two extra small tanks.
Is LPG powered vehicles better or worst than a Hybrid Car?
The cell phone industry outside the USA is probably better managed, what will be next the car industry?
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CT_Bob said on Thursday January 15th, 2009 07:37:00 PM
There are LPG powered cars in the USA and many people have modified all kinds of vehicles to run on all kinds of things. There are people running cars and bikes on woodgas, propane, alcohol, hydrogen, etc.Better? Hard to say. A hybrid car's specialty is sitting in traffic. When comparing identical cars, the hybrids do a little better than their gasoline cousins, not enough to justify the cost/complexity. At least not at today's gas prices. If you have tons of cheap LPG, then that is better. If you have tons of oil, diesel or gasoline may be better. LPG is better as far as point of source pollutants, which is why they are used inside buildings in forklifts. There are other advantages as well, but not enough to tip the scales across the board. A lot of it depends on which is cheaper. Like it or not, we currently live in an oil based economy. If you save money, you save oil. If you pay extra for a hybrid, but don't end up saving money in the long run because of the additional cost, you did not actually save oil. The extra money went into: Producing the car (oil). The pockets of engineers, production people, managers, who will spend it on things that use oil. Put up a photovoltaic system that costs $20,000. If it takes you 50 years to save that much money, then you don't break even oil wise until then, except you could have invested that money in insulation for your house that may have saved you more than that, or just invested it in a car company that is trying to make more fuel efficient vehicles or something. Not an exact science of course, as there is more to it than just what you pay at the pump. For example, I don't know off hand how much pollution is created in the process of creating and delivering the LPG. Basically, this is not a simple better or worse question.Bob L
Bob, I think you said it, to me the extra cost of a Hybrid does not warrant the car. Whole countries are converting cars over to propane at little cost, but big saving in fuel cost. As best I undestand less polution.
Angeelina said on Friday January 16th, 2009 05:53:00 AM
I am not sure if using propane motorcycle is safe for your health. Moreover, their get up is also not good.
Angeelina said on Friday January 16th, 2009 05:56:00 AM