Advantages natural gas
The maintenance advantage
- Intervals between oil changes for natural gas vehicles are dramatically extended
- Natural gas does not react to metals the way gasoline does, so pipes and mufflers last much longer.
The performance advantage
- Natural gas gives the same mileage as gasoline in a converted vehicle.
- Dedicated CNG engines are superior in performance to gasoline engines.
- Because CNG is already in a gaseous state, NGVs have superior starting and drivability, even under severe hot and cold weather conditions.
The environmentally clean advantage
- Compressed natural gas is the cleanest burning fuel operating today. This means less vehicle maintenance and longer engine life.
- CNG vehicles produce the fewest emissions of any motor fuel.
- Dedicated Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV) have little or no emissions during fueling.
- In gasoline vehicles, fueling emissions account for at least 50% of a vehicle's total hydrocarbon emissions.
- CNG produces significantly less pollutants than gasoline.
- Tailpipe emissions from gasoline operated cars release carbon dioxide, which contributes to global warming. This is greatly reduced with natural gas.
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