High US Gasoline Prices Turn Spotlight on Natural Gas Vehicles

摘要

With oil prices running at well over $100 per barrel again and US natural gas prices recently hitting a new 10-year low, it's hardly surprising that there has been plenty of talk lately about using abundant domestic natural gas supplies to fuel cars and trucks (related). "Let's get more of these natural gas vehicles on the road," President Barack Obama said in Las Vegas earlier this year as he floated a proposal for federal grants that would help businesses and municipal governments switch their fleets from gasoline and diesel to natural gas (OD Jan.27'12)