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OKLAHOMA CITY – As gasoline prices soar, vehicles powered by natural gas are capturing more attention, especially among those operating heavy vehicles.

Compressed natural gas, or CNG, has an average-per-gallon equivalent price that’s one third that of gasoline, Richard Kolodziej, president of Natural Gas Vehicles for America, said at a tradeshow here on alternative energy vehicles.

Kolodziej said the growing gap between the cost of oil and natural gas and public policy shifts toward alternative fuels bode well for the natural gas vehicle industry, as does the large supply of natural gas. He said 97 percent of the natural gas used in the U.S. is produced in North America.

“Natural gas vehicles help achieve three major public policy goals simultaneously,” Kolodziej said. “They produce less greenhouse gases, reduce air pollution and displace the use of foreign oil, and CNG is far cheaper than gasoline or diesel fuel.”

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