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Originally Posted by flappist
How is it harder?
LPG requires a special tanker for transport and then requires special tanks to be fitted at servos to hold it.
Who pays for all this? YOU?
And what makes you think we can supply all of the cars on the road with LPG?
Less than 1% of cars are LPG so you would have to increase production by more than 100 times (10,000%).
Are you sure there is enough LPG available?
And the reason for this? To save a TINY amount of money.
Other reasons why pure LPG is impractical in regional areas.
1) You can't carry extra in jerry cans.
2) You can't fill a car on the side of the road if you run out.
3) You can't move fuel from one vehicle to another in an emergency.
4) It is illegal to work on your car unless you have a gas license.
So you really can't travel more than a few hundred km from a servo or stay out for extended periods and if you run out you are stuffed.
Again, I have still to hear a reason for LPG other than cost (oh except for the greenie crap that it is "cleaner" which will be ok until petrol is gone and then LPG will be evil)
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Can't say I've really noticed any LPG vehicles out here. We're only 170km inland from Rockhampton (where I do see a lot), but a "run to the shops" for us is a 40km round trip and you'd have to watch your gas very carefully. Dual fuel would be the only option and definately not dedicated LPG, which is the most efficient. I've also seen some cars at Emerald (about 100km in the other direction inland), but it's a fair sized town. Heading further inland, can;t really say I saw any at all around Barcy, Longreach, and on to Winton.
All the reasons you mention above would cover that...
Great for the city, impractical for country areas, and always will be.