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Natural gas backers serve fuel to thousands at RNC

Fuel Fix -- Advocates of using natural gas to power the nation’s cars and trucks are trying to woo party faithful and reporters with fuel of a different kind at the Republican National Convention.

The group CNG Now! is serving an array of coffee drinks — along with a spiel on the benefits of compressed natural gas as a transportation fuel — to bleary eyed reporters and delegates at the four-day rally in Tampa.

Visitors who stop by the CNG outpost in the Tampa Convention Center can choose from lattes, cuban coffees, espressos and other caffeinated pick-me-ups. The giveaways of java come with only one catch: getting the caffeine jolt sometimes means hearing about the benefits of natural gas.

Lindsay McIntyre, a spokeswoman with Chesapeake Energy, a main sponsor of the group, usually sticks to the bas

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remay Champion Author Houston Posts:6,963 Points:2,116,640 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2012 4:24:00 PM Ignore remay Report Abuse Did it WORK??
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leemun Champion Author Utah Posts:5,528 Points:1,039,150 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2012 5:12:31 PM Ignore leemun Report Abuse Watch out! They want to give you gas!
Martinman Champion Author Mississippi Posts:14,734 Points:2,092,855 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2012 8:20:10 AM Ignore Martinman Report Abuse This is NOT news. It IS a BLOG. From their website: About Fuel Fix ... What is Fuelfix.com? If you just tried to click on an energy blog entry for the Houston Chronicle and ended up here, you may be a bit confused. So let us explain. What you’re looking at is FuelFix.com, the new home for all energy business news for the Houston Chronicle. This site will draw on articles and blog entries written by Chronicle reporters and columnists, guest blogs from energy industry experts, feeds from sources of outside news, analysis and opinion, and useful market and industry data...." .
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jcpatriots Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:3,898 Points:598,595 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2012 12:39:13 AM Ignore jcpatriots Report Abuse Sounds like bribery. ;)
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Mowerman08 Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:4,755 Points:1,217,020 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2012 12:36:04 AM Ignore Mowerman08 Report Abuse Detroit does NOT like CNG, if they did we would have had CNG cars long ago!
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Z51Corvette Champion Author Austin Posts:8,480 Points:1,670,195 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2012 12:32:21 AM Ignore Z51Corvette Report Abuse The problem with the Natural Gas backers is that they are CLUELESS about the dangers of using Natural Gas. Trying to fuel a vehicle with Nat. Gas is dangerous. Our fuelers for the school district has to have special training. Does anyone with half a brain, really believe the general public, who have problems fueling with just gasoline, will be able to handle the increase safety issues of fueling with Natural Gas... I think NOT! It's just a group that just wants to make MONEY! JUST SAY NO!!!
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