Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Alternative to Oil

Compressed Natural Gas is a resource that America has a lot of. According to the CEO of Chesapeake Energy, a major CNG producer in the United States, there is enough domestic CNG to meet our needs for the next 100 years based on estimated demand.

Some of us even use it in our homes for cooking and heating. Others actually use it as an alternative to oil gasoline in their cars. the cost to fill a tank on a car with CNG is much less than it is to fill with traditional gasoline. At the same time the mileage you get from it is virtually the same. If you threw your luggage into a car in Chicago and drove to New York with identical amounts of CNG, or regular gas you would get the same mileage in cars that offer both alternatives.

Take a look at this Introduction to Automotive CNG for a bit more depth on the alternative fuel source.

As an example, Honda makes a natural gas Civic. I own a 2002 model year Civic and I get about 30 miles to the GGE in the city and about 36-40 miles to the GGE on the highway. This is exactly the same as the gasoline version of the car gets.