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RWSGFY says

The range on NG is shit. That Civic could go something like 130 miles on one tank.

I've never looked into NG. Probably not good for loads/towing. It would likely be quicker (refueling) than EV charging though. My wife are rare in that we'll drive 300-400 miles once a day twice a month or more. So EV's or NG would be a bitch either way. We need ICE. I don't see that changing anytime soon. At least the next decade. I need to tow. And 3 kids also means bigger car.

WookieMan says

RWSGFY says

The range on NG is shit. That Civic could go something like 130 miles on one tank.

I've never looked into NG. Probably not good for loads/towing. It would likely be quicker (refueling) than EV charging though. My wife are rare in that we'll drive 300-400 miles once a day twice a month or more. So EV's or NG would be a bitch either way. We need ICE. I don't see that changing anytime soon. At least the next decade. I need to tow. And 3 kids also means bigger car.

NG is ICE, it's just the size and weight of the tank to hold it which puts limit on it usefulness. Add the limited lifespan of the tank and non-trivial const of replacement and it becomes a fucking joke. Where it is useful is in stuff like city buses and garbage trucks.

RWSGFY says

The range on NG is shit. That Civic could go something like 130 miles on one tank.

You just get a larger tank. It's natural GAS after all, or LNG in Australia.

It's cheap, clean burning, and your car can still burn conventional gasoline. It's stupid we don't have LNG vehicles in the United States. Instead we have hydrogen cars. Hydrogen is SUPER expensive in comparison to gasoline, and the hydrogen is made by steam reformation of natural gas anyhow.

NG offers 10% reduction in CO2 emissions after accounting for all its downsides (the lower power output and combustion efficiency). See the last page of https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy16osti/64267.pdf

The reduction of CO2 could be higher if they would redesign the engines to burn NG with higher efficiency.

Cost-wise, only electricity is cheaper than CNG: https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/prices.html

While electric vehicles are great. The deprecation costs, battery manufacturing and recycling, electricity distribution, and charging remain monumental issues to the technology. Vehicle deprecation contributes to about half of the overall cost per mile for non-commercial fleet.

Until we meet again.