Adsorbed natural gas (ANG) technology developer Energtek Inc. said that with the new U.S. administration’s backing it expects natural gas to play an increasing role in fueling transportation across the country. President Obama has called for a major reduction in dependency on foreign oil in his energy portion of the economic stimulus bill now being implemented. More than 60% of oil consumed in the United States is used by the transportation sector. Most of the vehicles currently on the road have internal combustion engines that can run on gasoline or natural gas, Energtek said. The company’s ANG technology applies proprietary low-pressure storage technology to provide complete well-to-wheel pipeless natural gas supply solutions to industrial consumers and fleets of small vehicles. “[natural gas] is currently the only commercially viable motor fuel alternative to oil,” said Energtek CEO Lev Zaidenberg. “NG is cheaper, cleaner and there are proven reserves to power the country’s enormous automotive fleet for the foreseeable future. No other energy source, including renewable fuels, can be implemented as quickly and completely into the motor vehicle market as NG.” The call for more natural gas use in the transportation sector echoes the sentiment of oil magnate T. Boone Pickens, who has been promoting the fuel switch since last summer in his Pickens Plan (see Daily GPI, July 11, 2008).

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