tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727975.post1509486676788298879..comments2024-03-25T16:30:58.213+13:00Comments on GREENIE WATCH: JRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829082699850674281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727975.post-45504543049829924002010-07-31T01:41:41.564+12:002010-07-31T01:41:41.564+12:00Back in time BORAL Ltd was big in auto LPG (BORAL ...Back in time BORAL Ltd was big in auto LPG (BORAL actually stands for Bitumen Oil Refinery Australia Ltd). Some bright spark in HO decided that new cars would be purchased to only run on LPG. It took only two trips for accountants visiting country sites (on the concrete side) to abandon vehicles which ran out of fuel and catch a taxi back home, to have the policy changed to have duel fuel vehicles.<br />Having a generator for charging batteries is not as efficient as direct coupling the wheels to a motor. It is even worse when the costs of the vehicles which reflect material input are added to the economic equation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com