Cars on natural gas » Royal Dutch Shell http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com The greenest car blog on the net! Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:50:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Renewable and Synthetic Fuels Tried by Volkswagen http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/2009/05/28/renewable-and-synthetic-fuels-tried-by-volkswagen/ http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/2009/05/28/renewable-and-synthetic-fuels-tried-by-volkswagen/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 20:14:01 +0000 admin http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/?p=86 Volkswagen and Archer Daniels Midland, one of the world’s top agriculture processors and a principal in biofuels, have arranged to work toward fostering the growth and usage of biodiesel in the auto industry. This is a noteworthy step ahead for biofuels for the size of the companies involved. ADM’s key interest in this developing market, and VW’s respectable and developing use of advanced diesel engines in its product line.

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In Europe, Volkswagen has combined with the Royal Dutch/Shell Group to exhibit the feasibility of cars motorized by synthetic fuel obtained from natural gas. For the past 5 month period, 25 VW Golf hatchbacks power-driven by 100 horsepower TDI diesel engines were fuelled by this spotless-fiery gas-to-liquids fuel. The object was to prove this fuel’s discharge savings features. This is also claimed to be comparable to that of compressed natural gas but at lesser cost.

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Source: Yahoo!

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Iowa gas prices increased by 10% in May. The average increase was about $2.16 per gallon for 10 % ethanol combined states a state survey undertaken on May 15. Natural gas prices augmented in the most recent monthly survey by 51 cents per MMbtu (decatherm) to $3.08 per MMbtu on May 14 this year.

The reason for the increase of natural gas prices according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, is supposed to be the increase in crude oil prices. This may be due to signals of a potential economic revival which is in the offing.

Tommi Makila, energy policy analyst for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources stated that “The expectation of future growth in consumption has been driving prices up, but relatively low overall demand and large inventories should moderate the price increases we see this summer”.

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