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On the road, propane stakes claim as cheap, clean fuel

2013-03-07 02:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Home satellite TV provider DISH Network Corp has signed a deal to run 200 of its trucks on propane, in the latest indication that the niche fuel could soon rival natural gas as the United States' cheap transport alternative. Once considered a low value by-product of oil refining and natural gas processing, used primarily in home heating and in industry, propane is now being used as a fuel in some new school buses and trucks around the country. That is happening as businesses like DISH look for...

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