Civic GX

Discussion in 'Civic' started by woessner, Nov 21, 2005.

  1. woessner

    woessner Guest

    I've been running some numbers on the Civic GX and... they don't look
    good. I was considering purchasing one and a Phill so I could refuel
    the car at home. But looking at last month's natural gas bill, this
    seems like an expensive proposition. Here's what I did.

    My last natural gas bill was $50.31 for 21.6 therms. So I first
    converted the therms to the energy equivalent in gallons of gasoline.
    I realize this is sort of sketchy, but it's the best I could come up
    with; please let me know if you know of a better way to compare "apples
    to apples".

    21.6 therms * (100,000 BTUs / therm) * (1 gallon of gasoline / 114,100
    BTUs) = 18.93 "gasoline gallons equivalent"

    (Funny, I was just reviewing the factor-label method with my niece...
    :))

    But if that's correct, then I paid 50.31 / 17.42 = $2.66 per "gasoline
    gallon equivalent". So then I thought, "OK, but what about
    efficiency?" Still, the Civic GX only gets 30/34 miles per "gallon
    gasoline equivalent". That makes for some pretty expensive
    transportation.

    Has anyone else run a similar analysis? And, if so, how do our results
    match up?

    Thanks in advance,
    Bill
     
    woessner, Nov 21, 2005
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