Necessity mother of invention in gas-fuelled Armenia

Ex-Soviet state Armenia is blazing a trail in the global quest to move to cleaner fuels — not by choice but out of necessity.

The tiny country of 3 million people in the Caucasus mountains has a strong claim to be a world leader in running vehicles on natural gas: a fuel that produces fewer harmful greenhouse gases than petrol or diesel.

The transport ministry estimates that between 20 and 30 percent of vehicles in Armenia run on gas. That compares to just over 3 percent in the Netherlands, a front-runner in gas-powered transport, according to the World LP Gas Association.
Reuters