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Vendaval -> "Natural-gas vehicles hot in Utah, where the fuel is cheap" (4/26/2008 1:54:33 PM)
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"Natural-gas vehicles hot in Utah, where the fuel is cheap"
By PAUL FOY, AP Business Writer
Fri Apr 25, 3:06 AM ET
"Anderson was paying 63.8 cents per gallon equivalent for compressed natural gas, making Utah a hot market for vehicles that run on the fuel."
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"Personal ownership of natural gas-fueled vehicles in Utah soared from practically nothing a few years ago to an estimated 5,000 vehicles today, overwhelming a growing refueling network, where compressors sometimes can't maintain enough pressure to fill tanks completely for every customer.
"Nobody expected this kind of growth. We got caught by the demand," said Gordon Larsen, a supervisor at Utah utility Questar Gas.
Utah has 91 stations, including 20 open to the public, mostly in the Salt Lake City area. The others are reserved for commercial drivers, such as school districts, bus fleets and big businesses such as a Coca-Cola distributor.
It's possible to drive the interstates between Rock Springs, Wyo., and St. George, Utah — a distance of 477 miles — and find 22 places to pull off and fill up."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_bi_ge/utah_natural_gas_vehicles
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