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To: combjelly who wrote (612808)	5/24/2011 11:46:11 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578892

It is a non-trivial problem. The gas is compressed to at least 3600 psi. And it isn't small, the Honda gives up at least half of its trunk space to hold the equivalent of 8 gallons of gas. And then there is the little problem of accident protection... You can give up half the trunk space, which for most people, is unused the vast majority of the time, and get maybe 2/3 the miles on a tank of gas -- still well into the 100s of miles. And those who choose to do so can fill up AT HOME overnight, just as with electrics. At minuscule cost. Like everything in life, it is a tradeoff. But for the Ford executive to claim it is a major problem is just nonsense. Those who want more room can easily choose gasoline power -- once you get the OTR trucks on CNG and maybe half the vehicles, gasoline will be dirt cheap. As to safety, there have been isolated events, but these are to be expected at this point in time. It is clear that CNG offers the best overall potential for getting us oil independent in the near term. Quite simply, there is no alternative technology that is anywhere close to being able to power OTR trucks. This is an inevitable move the country will make, the sooner we do it the sooner we can start keeping some of that half trillion dollars we're forking over to other countries needlessly at home.