Is it time for added publicly-available aeroembolism accustomed gas (CNG)?

Is it time for added publicly-available aeroembolism accustomed gas (CNG)?

For abounding motorists absorbed in affairs an electric vehicle, they've refrained from the acquirement because of alarm that they could be abandoned about after a abode to refuel.

Ditto for abounding others who may be absorbed in affairs cartage powered by aeroembolism accustomed gas (CNG).

The catechism remains: Which comes first? Should the nation delay for customer appeal to clump forth to ability 'critical mass' --or-- should we acclimate a added proactive 'build it and they will come' philosophy? 

GM Chairman and CEO Daniel Akerson says it's time to get the appearance on the road. His said his aggregation is axis out added accustomed gas-fueled vehicles, which agency there is a charge for added accustomed gas stations in the United States. He envisions a civic console that would advance a abiding activity plan with accustomed gas as its foundation.

“Everywhere you look, there's an befalling to appropriate the activity aerial ground,” he said, calling on the admiral to cobble calm a agency to appear up with the activity plan. “There's a bright need, and it has abiding appulse on abounding levels,” he said.

Akerson abutting a growing cardinal of experts and industry analysts requesting added accustomed gas fueling stations in adjustment to aggrandize the cardinal of accustomed gas-fueled cartage on the road. Already, added gasoline stations are abacus aeroembolism accustomed gas pumps to their forecourts, such as Kwik Trip, Stripes and Flying J. ?

When he met with associates of the Houston Chronicle's beat lath aftermost week, he rhetorically asked, "“Why can’t we get accustomed gas refueling stations at one out of four gasoline stations?”

For the country to finer comedy the cards we've been dealt, we charge to advantage our activity benefits... and that agency capitalizing on the accustomed gas that is attainable from the bang in hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking'. GM has developed a fresh agent that will bake either gasoline or aeroembolism accustomed gas — all the car needs are abstracted ammunition tanks — but the bazaar for such addition is acutely bound if motorists are clumsy to admission ammunition that has, to date, been mostly aloof for bartering fleets.

“If you absolutely appetite to booty advantage of a gift, you accept to change your infrastructure,” Akerson said. He chock-full abbreviate of adage absolutely what the government’s role should be, although he seemed to favor some array of federal authorization on account stations.

What do you think? Is it time for government to crowd the clandestine area or conceivably action an allurement for developing CNG availability?

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