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Friday, January 14, 2011

CNG vs Electric cars


            It is good pointed out which one is a better use as an energy source? To answer this question a deeper understanding is needed of where the energy comes from, and how expensive harvesting of it is. Comparison of those two sources is not equally balanced, because they both have advantages and disadvantages over each other. CNG stands for Compressed Natural Gas which is a natural resource and it is very cheap to harvest and easy to deliver. Its energy of combustion is lower compared to regular gas or diesel fuels (disadvantage). Natural Gas it is very environmental friendly, it shows a very low toxicity compared to other energy resources. http://www.naturalgas.org/environment/naturalgas.asp
Electric car has no pollution at all, and is very efficient (advantages). Whether we should go with Electric energy source? Firs the question should be asked; where from comes the Electricity? If it comes from nuclear plant or coal burning, first how efficient it is, second how does given energy source pollutes the environment and third how expensive it is. So only after answering those question the Electric energy source may be compared to NC.

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By Roman Snigur

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