Fuelmaker, a Canadian company, sells home fueling stations that can be plumbed directly into a home's natural gas supply. C.N.G.-powered cars can then be refueled in the driveway. In addition, the tax credit on fuel offered by the Rockefeller bill would also apply to home refuelers. But the oil industry, which controls 60 percent of America's natural gas reserves, is the least interested in building a C.N.G. infrastructure. Right now the consumers want S.U.V.'s, not C.N.G.'s.
Supply follows demand.
They have billions tied up in refineries, pipelines and service stations designed to deliver a liquid petroleum product, he said. A UTO makers, however, are wading into the C.N.G. market, despite the lackluster consumer demand. The E.P.A.'s Corporate Average Fuel Economy rule, in which every vehicle sold that can use an alternative fuel like methanol or natural gas is calculated to get 120 miles a gallon. More than a dozen light-duty compressed natural gas models are on the market and more are on the way. At the North American International Auto Expo in January, DaimlerChrysler displayed a 325-horsepower Dodge Charger concept car, designed by Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, that employed a new, compact storage system with a range of 300 miles.