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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
Fueling stations are a chicken and egg situation. A city might get away with converting their bus fleet to CNG since they only need a few stations, or maybe even just one like in my home town. But a trucking company needs several spread out over all their routes. And with the on board tanks giving each truck less range you'll need more of places to fuel than current truck stop locations. But without the trucks there's no incentive to build CNG stations, and without the stations, there's no incentive to buy CNG trucks.
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No wonder for heavy-duty trucks I only see CNG as a supplemental fuel in my country, even though it's widely used for light-duty vehicles in cities with a good refueling infrastructure.