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Our success story this week takes us to Los Angeles, California, where the city's clean
fuel rule prompted the Public Works Department to convert all of their vehicles to alternative
fuels. Of their 700 refuse trucks, 80% now run on compressed or liquefied natural gas
with a goal of 100% by 2015. Already, the city saves $600 million a year on fuel costs.
With five refueling stations online and a sixth nearly completed, LA has one of the
largest fleet natural gas refueling operations in the nation.
These four 15,000-gallon LNG tanks serve one yard alone.
We have to make sure we have enough storage capacity on site so if there is an earthquake
our trucks are going out there cleaning the debris before the first responders go out.
Serving 4 million residents is not easy, nor is converting a big fleet to alt fuels. But
in LA, adopting clean fuels for cleaner air is a no-brainer.