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Midwest's first natural gas fuel station opens in Ohio
It's like natural gas used to heat homes but much colder - and the first fueling station is in Seville
by WKSU's STATEHOUSE CORRESPONDENT BILL COHEN


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In The Region:

If you take natural gas – the kind many Ohioans use to heat their homes – and you cool it 270 degrees below zero, it turns into a liquid that can be used to fuel big trucks.

Wednesday, the first pumps offering that fuel in the Midwest opened up at a gas station in Seville, west of Akron. Sam Spofforth heads “Clean Fuels Ohio,” a group that boosts alternative fuels. He talks about liquefied natural gas.

Spofforth says the new fuel is cheaper than diesel.

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That is Sam Spofforth of Clean Fuels Ohio

One company, called Clean Energy, plans to build a total of 150 service stations across the nation by the end of next year. Others are setting up pumps that offer a slightly different fuel – compressed natural gas. It can be used by specially equipped cars.

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Spofforth talks about why the non-truckers should care about the new station
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“I think they care about efforts to be able to keep manufacturer goods and goods people by as low cost as possible," Spofforth says. "If we can bring that cost down for our manufacturers and distributors of these goods, it’ll make our state more prosperous.”

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