The Honda Civic GX was named “Green Car of the Year” at the Los Angeles Auto Show last month. A variety of attractive features contributed to the selection, including some that had little to do with the car itself, such as abundant new supplies of shale gas that substantially lower the operating cost of the GX:
Discoveries of new U.S. natural gas deposits have pushed down prices to around $2.00 a gallon. That’s nearly 40 percent less than the price of regular gasoline.
In addition, the Honda’s natural gas engine emits 30 percent less carbon dioxide than a similar gas-powered engine.
Another handy aspect is the fact that a natural gas engine requires just a few minutes to fill. Electric powered cars take several hours to recharge, and they don’t have near the range of natural-gas powered vehicles such as the GX, which can travel up to 250 miles on a single fill-up.
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