natural gas fuel truckstop / filling station

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Permalink Reply by William P. Murphy on September 12, 2009 at 9:42am

Shon,
If I were you I keep refueling at a minium and concentrate on storage of trailer and the equipment to load on regional drop off and pick-up center. What people are going to do is at home service sites that all ready set up for electric or natural gas. People are going to set up either of this sources at home because it right at home. I when the government send out the money for freeways put that money into better local bridges or pollution improvement. I think the money is natural gas cars and trucks plants, that Mr. Boone has in mind. I would find out what lines that make Postal equipment and chage the trucks and cars that will turn a profit right off the bat. USE YOUR LOCAL BANKS! Trains both passengers, light rail and container hauler will be common place. You see paying the local utilities. Putting in the infra structure is in place in most area. Wind farms and Nuclear plant will supply power for the rail system. If we do this we can create many good paying job and deduction on taxes instead of run printing presses. We also need to give people to vote on the style of cars so we can sell them a style most people will buy. I would say we will have a dip in the market because of the government keeps up thier wrong head think. When you get money for light rail put it down main street and no were near WalMart.

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Permalink Reply by Frank 22 hours ago

Hello Shon,

I would start by trying to determine the capital and O&M costs for a CNG refueling station. I would also try to find nearby fleets that could be persuaded to convert their vehicles. Keep in mind that EPA/CARB certified conversions are very limited due to exorbitant certification costs. You would need to find a fleet of 100 identical vehicles (at the very least) to reduce vehicle certification costs to reasonable amount. Diesel-CNG dual fuel conversions would be easier to promote to local businesses.

Once you have a customer base that covers the break-even costs of the station, you could look at expanding your market to become profitable.

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