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CNG is a viable alternate for fleet use. Here in California, we are not allowed to procure diesel busses to transport children to school They must be CNG or Propane. About 50% of our fleet is now CNG. There are several advantages. Maintenance on the engines has considerably decreased. When diesel was $4+ per gallon we were making CNG for about $1 per gallon. We saved over $200K just last year on fuel.
The disadvantages are the shorter range and slightly lesser power. We have both slow fill and fast fill capability and the slow fill is a perfect solution for school busses.
Most of our white fleet is also going to CNG. We tried conversions on some of our gas units 4 or 5 years ago and they were less than successful but now every major manufacturer offers CNG as a factory option.
The other advantage is that they are exempt for smog checks.
If you want to see the availability and current cost for CNG in your area, go here.
CNG stations and Prices for the US, Canada and Europe
Great post! CNG is mostly misunderstood. It's the most viable transportation fuel we have in America and it's use should be encouraged for many reasons.
It's cleaner, cheaper and mainly it's plentifully available in America.
We currently import about 70% of the oil we use in America. Most of that is used to produce gasoline or diesel. If we could cut our dependence on foreign oil and kept the money we are sending for oil - $BILLIONS$ per month - at home by using our own domestically produced natural gas as our primary transportation fuel we could easily pull ourselves out of the recession and do a lot to clean our environment at the same time.