Resources

• Resource #1:  Your area's Clean Cities coalition and coordinator

  Click the map at right or this link to find your local coalition and coordinator.
  
  If you have questions and need help getting some of the data that is requested in the Calculator, you need to contact your local coordinator: this is what they do! They can help you if you are having a hard time gathering any of the data you may need to input into the Calculator.
  
  

• Resource #2:  Acronyms & Related Terminology

  • NG - natural gas
  • CH4 - chemical abbreviation/composition of methane, the primary constituent (95-99%) in natural gas
  • NGV - natural gas vehicle
  • AFV - alternative fuel vehicle
  • CNG - compressed natural gas
  • LNG - liquified natural gas
  • LFG - landfill gas
  • GGE - gasoline gallon equivalent
  • DGE - diesel gallone equivalent
  • NGVA - Natural Gas Vehicles for America (nonprofit)
  • mmbtu - million btu (British thermal units)
  • therm - by definition, equal to 100,000 btu
  • CCF - one hundred cubid feet
  • MCF - one thousand cubid feet
  • LD - light duty
  • HD - heavy duty
  • CO2 - carbon dioxide, the principal gas in the suite of greenhouse gases
  • CARB - California Air Resources Board
  • GTL - gas-to-liquid
  • LPG - propane, another gaseous fuel, but not made up of methane (it's made up of mostly propane - C3H8)

• Resource #3:  More Specific Natural Gas Info - documents

  • Design Considerations for Vehicle Garages so that they are Able to Adapt to Gaseous Fuels Use in the Future (pdf; 44 KB)
  • Economic Analysis of Fueling Options for School Buses (pdf; 584 KB)
  • Information about Natural Gas as a Fueling Option for Transit (pdf; 3.2 MB)

• Resource #4:  General NG Info & Resources -- CNG & LNG

  >- Alt Fuels Data Center - Natural Gas Information
  >- Natural Gas Vehicles for America
  >- Clean Vehicle Education Foundaton
  >- Natural gas - Wikipedia
  >- U.S. Energy Information Administration - Natural gas
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• Resource #5:  Federal Websites

  DOE Websites
  >- Clean Cities Main Website
  >- Alternative Fuels & Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC)
  >- FuelEconomy.gov
  >- AFDC - Alternative Fuel Station Locator
  >- AFDC - Truck Stop Electrification Site Locator
  >- AFDC - Biomass Resources
  >- AFDC - State & Federal Incentives and Laws
  >- AFDC - Petroleum Reduction Planning Tool
  
  EPA Websites
  >- EPA - Climate Change
  >- EPA - 2009 U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
  >- EPA - SmartWay Program
  >- EPA Car & Light Truck - Alternative Fuel Conversion
  >- EPA - Fuel Economy
  >- EPA - Fuel Economy Labels
  
  Other Federal Websites
  >- U.S. Energy Information Administration (great resource!)