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Great story-- You did something good for the environment and made a cool profit in the end. Vehicles (especially fleets) that operate on natural gas help reduce harmful greenhouse gases and since it's domestically abundant it will reduce our dependence on fossil fuels as well. UPS operates the transportation industry's largest private fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles and they've been using Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for more than 70 years. Recently, they added to their ever-growing fleet and received the "Green Fleet Award" for, well, being the "greenest." Their trucks are expected to reduce emissions by 20 percent and improve fuel economy by 10 percent when compared to the cleanest blend of diesel engines. The Environmental Protection Agency would certainly agree that Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs) are the cleanest (and cheapest) alternative there is. If more people only knew....