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Dec 7, 2012

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA & UK

* Pennsylvania - Natural gas producers hit truck, bus market. Industry seeking new customers set sights on work vehicles

(Photo by David Goldman / Associated Press: Motorist Bob Davis fills up his airport shuttle van at a natural gas station in College Park, Ga. More transit agencies, state governments and companies that use fleet vehicles are making the switch to natural gas) 
Scranton,PA,USA -Associated Press/The Detroit News, by Michael Rubink -December 6, 2012: -- If the trash truck or bus rolling down your street seems a little quieter these days, you're not imagining things. It's probably running on natural gas... Surging gas production has led the drilling industry to seek out new markets for its product, and energy companies, increasingly, are setting their sights on the transportation sector... Touting natural gas as a cheaper, cleaner-burning alternative to gasoline and diesel, drillers, public utilities and government officials are trying to boost demand for natural gas buses, taxis, shuttles, delivery trucks and heavy-duty work vehicles of all sorts, while simultaneously encouraging development of the fueling infrastructure that will be needed to keep them running... The economics are compelling. Natural gas costs about $1.50 to $2 per gallon equivalent less than gasoline and diesel. That can add up to tens of thousands of dollars in savings for vehicles that guzzle the most fuel... Fleet managers are taking notice. Companies as diverse as AT and T, Waste Management and UPS are converting all or parts of their fleets to natural gas, as are transit agencies, municipalities and state governments...


* Northern Ireland /UK - HMRC: Fuel laundering not out of control in

Dublin,NI,UK -Commercial Motor, by Robin Meczes -6 December 2012: -- HMRC has denied the problem of illicit fuel production in Northern Ireland is out of control, despite finding two more fuel laundries recently at Coalisland, Co Tyrone, and Cullyhanna, Co Armagh... Inspector also discovered two illicit filling stations, one in Belfast and one in Lurgan, Co Armagh... The discoveries bring the total number of illicit fuel laundries closed down by HMRC in Northern Ireland so far this year to 18, said the agency... Over eight tonnes of toxic waste (a by-product of the laundering process) and 3,000 litres of illicit fuel were removed from the sites...

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