Originally Posted by
wotnot
Worldwide, auto-lpg (aka. 'autogas') is being phased out, and that includes AU ; in the UK, BP is removing all their domestic autogas refilling facilities by 2025. Here in AU, all of the fuel suppliers (BP, Caltex, Shell, others) are phasing out their autogas installations ; it has nothing to do with the cost of autogas as such ; it's market demand, if only because "There are no new OEM or DOM LPG (says 4-cyl but true for 'any') cars available in Australia"...and that includes hybrids. Guess where I got that quote from?..the ElGas website...who owns 'Unigas'?...why, ElGas of course...who is the only company I could find in AU proffering the advantages of autogas?...yep, ElGas =)
More than 60 new car models are released in AU each year, with an upturning trend towards EVs & hybrids ; none are autogas powered vehicles, and a good many cannot be coverted to autogas. They're phasing out autogas everywhere -- no demand. As the onus on countries rises wrt them hitting their global CO2 emmission targets, places like AU...where the greatest contributor to our CO2 emmissions is coal fired power generation...so moving to alternative fuel sources like LPG is where the action is..ie; ElGas might end up selling so much LPG to a gas fired power station, by pipeline, in 1 hour...that represents how much autogas for cars they sell in a week or some silly business math like that =) The AU govt. removed subsidies for autogas/LPG in 2014 .....
"Natural gas is used in our homes for heating, hot water, and cooking, but it’s also a major player in Australia’s electricity system, providing a ready source of stable and ongoing (24 hours a day / 7 days per week) power as well as secure, stable and affordable energy for our communities.
Natural gas plays a critical role in Australia’s electricity supply. In 2019, of the 265,117-gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity generated in Australia, natural gas accounted for 21 percent. It is the second largest source of electricity generation. In that year, natural gas’ share of electricity generation equalled the contribution of all renewables (bioenergy, wind, hydro, solar and geothermal) combined.
Around the world, natural gas as an electricity source has trended upwards for more than three decades, and is currently the number one electricity source in the world, accounting for 29 percent of OECD gross electricity production."
The age old 'supply and demand' equation ...autogas is a dead end, mark my words 8)
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