—Western Governors Association asks congress for more natural gas infrastructure and natural gas vehicles via incentives.

— Let's get off oil. See advocate Edwin Black address the WAJ (Western Auto Journalists) and talks about his new book, "The Plan".

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*cng blue diamond for your vehicle: available in vinyl paste-on from sfact@msn.com (Sound Factory in Rome, NY)

Installing refueling appliance

Lincoln Valley Automotive, Ontario, Canada American Fuel Vehicles, Utah Asheville, NC - CNG 08Ford Focus Why cng? www.ngvglobal.com www.cngnow.com www.iangv.org www.ngvgroup.com www.ngvguide.com www.ngvworldfair.com www.ngvc.org (NGVAmerica) www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/fuels/natural_gas.html www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/fuels/natural_gas_locations.html

Bifuel, GM 3.5L and 3.9L for Impala/Lucerne Impco Technologies, Santa Anna, CA Lia Honda, Albany naturalDrive.com, Phoenix AZ BAF Technologies, Dallas Baytech, Los Altos, CA cngprices.com Utica CNG Fueling Station N. Syracuse CNG Fueling Station 1235 Rush Scottsville Rd, Rush NY CNG Fueling Station Natural Gas Vehicle Institute www.afvi.org NREL CNG Evaluation in Transit Buses and Shuttles

What CNG services are available in Oneida County, NY?

• Utica CNG Fueling Station requires Clean Energy or State card
• CNG certified mechanics:
• Skips Auto & Truck Repair
  (works on state & fed cng vehicles)
  607 S James St.; Rome, NY 13440 (315) 336 2931

Flared methane in Oneida county: AVA landfill: 4 flares (3 at 24/7)
Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority has hired Barton & Loguidice to study possible uses of this methane.
source: Dec 6, 08, Daily Sentinel, Rome, NY
Also see http://www.epa.gov/lmop/overview.htm Landfill Methane Outreach Program

$40 billion worth of flared & otherwise lost gas each year*

— It seems the USA's denial of CNG for cars demonstrates elitism or a "head-in-the-sand attitude" while the rest of the developed countries have embraced CNG for cars.
— U.S. Gas Fields Go From Bust to Boom
—Internal Combustion by Edwin Black
— Is Natural Bas Cheap?
— At the June 2009 National Biomethane Summit in Sacramento. Hosted by the California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership (CNGVP) an alliance of stakeholders working to increase and strengthen the deployment of low-emission natural gas vehicles: Fleets and Fuels commented several speakers were lamenting the fact that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has excluded biomethane from US $800 million worth of funding for renewable fuels. They plain overlooked an outstanding opportunity for a transportation fuel, said Peter Ward of the California Energy Commission

— Considering today's circumstance it really seems stupid to drive gasoline fueled cars. Meanwhile the price of natural gas continues to fall! wake up America .