Living Like Ed - (Page 81) and Glendale is a good 10 miles away by freeway, so I was like “No way! Pull over! Get off the freeway! Get to a gas station immediately!” I think he thought I was going to deliver right then and there, so he pulled off and went to a gas station, but even then he would not get out of the car and pump the gasoline. So I had to get out of the car—in labor—and pump gasoline. And I said, “I hope someone’s taking your picture right now.” We finally made it to the hospital, with time to spare, but you never know about these things. My feeling is, get natural gas on your own time, buddy! Not when I’m in labor. I’m not sure our marriage could have survived all this craziness for too many years. Thank goodness the car companies have come out with some really good green vehicles that are easy to live with, like my Prius and Ed’s Phoenix SUT. 2: Well, Rachelle may be a bit dramatic about all this, but she does bring up a good point. If you’re determined to use the greener fuel and avoid using gasoline, then a natural gas flex-fuel vehicle probably is not your best choice. Natural gas does have some distinct advantages, though: • It • It 81 transportation emits 60 to 90 percent less smog-producing pollutants than gasoline. emits 30 to 40 percent less greenhouse gases. less expensive than gasoline. • It’s However, natural gas intrinsically has less energy than gasoline, and that means you can’t travel as far on a single tank of fuel. Also, flex-fuel vehicles have to have two separate fuel tanks (one for gasoline or diesel and the other for natural gas), so that cuts into your cargo-carrying space. Propane Propane is another clean-burning fossil fuel. Like natural gas, it’s still a limited resource, but, again, it comes primarily from domestic sources—85 percent of the time. A propane-powered vehicle—such as a forklift or a
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