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Town officials have said all along that they would seek resident input during the process of developing the Yentile Farm land. With a new community survey currently available online, there's no better time than now to weigh in.
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Today's BBB release concerns a business that has been disappointing customers for years, Chambers TV Service, which has had several different addresses in the area, mostly in North St. Louis County but now in St. Louis.
BBB Investigator Bill Smith heard from customers who had paid hundreds of dollars for repairs on their televisions, only to have them stop working again. Others couldn't get their TVs back from the shop or were told that their televisions had been damaged while they were at the business. Some even found their sets outdoors, in front of the business.
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St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 23, 2012 – Chambers TV Service, a television repair shop that was the focus of Better Business Bureau (BBB) news warnings in 2004 and 2007, is facing a new wave of criticism from St. Louis area consumers.
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Chambers TV Service has an "F" grade with the BBB, the lowest grade possible. The BBB has recorded 17 complaints and reports on the company in the past 36 months.
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HENRY Purdy has retained his place in England's side for tomorrow night's Under 20 Six Nations clash against Scotland at Netherdale.
The Leicester Tigers man, from Milton-under-Wychwood, started on the left wing for last week's 21-15 defeat to France.
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When Gus, a crotchety old gray and white cat with an immune disorder requiring special care, arrived at the Petaluma Animal Shelter, staff and volunteers knew they'd have to get creative to find a home for him.
So, they gave him a Twitter account. The idea, they say, is to let Gus's personality shine through for anyone to see and fall in love with. And with colorful posts like, "Hey there baby, what's your sign? Buy me a Catnip Cosmo and let's get to know each other ... " Gus has gained a number of followers, if not yet a home.
The foundation is energetically employing this and other creative strategies to find homes for as many animals as possible as quickly as possible. The tactics seem to be working, according to recent numbers announced by the Petaluma Animal Services Foundation, which took over the animal shelter and animal control operations from the city on Aug. 1.
Since then, the shelter has achieved a 94 percent "live release" rate, meaning 94 percent of all the animals that come to the shelter walk out alive.
Valerie Fausone, who directs the animal shelter's training center and helped found the Petaluma Animal Services Foundation, said she cried when she heard the news.
"People tell you that in an open admission shelter, it can't be done," she said, referring to how many animals the shelter has saved. "But we knew we could do better, and we did."
Lynn Spivak, a spokesperson for Maddie's Fund, a nonprofit that tracks shelters' live release rates, called 94 percent "outstanding," though she hadn't looked at Petaluma's numbers specifically. According to Maddie's Fund statistics, in 2010, Petaluma reported a much lower 83 percent live release rate and nearby Rohnert Park reported a rate of 79 percent.
Jeff Charter, director of the Petaluma shelter, agreed that the number was a great sign. He recalled that, when he came to the shelter in 2008, upwards of 500 animals were euthanized in a year. That number had decreased to 126 in 2011, a decline he attributed to the staff simply committing to "not take the easy way out" and do whatever they could to find the animals a home. Since the foundation assumed operations in August, that can-do spirit has only grown. Just three dogs and 16 cats have been euthanized since then, Charter said — two because they were too aggressive to adopt and the others for medical reasons, at the recommendation of a veterinarian.
According to Fausone, more animals are being saved thanks to an increased focus on adoptions through social media, adoption events, and any other method they can think of.
"We're adoption maniacs," she said, adding, "To get results like this, you have to have all pistons firing. You have to have an adoption and marketing plan."
That includes Twitter feeds for cats: "Because he's got special needs, we had to think of ways to make Gus cool," she explained. "We try to give the animals a personality."
Facebook, she added, tells the story of the shelter in real time. People get to follow, and perhaps adopt, a favorite animal, or at least see that animal's story through to an adoption.
The shelter also actively encourages people to come visit and get to know the animals.
"We always encourage people to come in, check the shelter out," Charter said. "We're a community-based organization."
In addition, the shelter has gained about 25 foster families since the foundation took over, essentially doubling the number of families willing to provide foster care to animals who are awaiting adoption. Fausone said this is a great help to animals who need special attention, such as kittens, puppies, and old or sick animals.
The goal, she said, is to have animals spend as little time in the shelter as possible before going to a good home. A result of those efforts is that there are about 65 fewer animals in the shelter at any given time now than before the shelter took over, even though new animals come in every day.
There are about 120 animals in the shelter currently.
Fausone said all the changes were a reflection of the community's commitment to animals.
"The way we understood it when we took over was that Petaluma wanted a shelter to reflect the community's values," she said. "We care about our pets and wildlife, and we want to see them cared for properly. It's a big deal for us."
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CHICAGO — Teams playing in Chicago face two threats that they are typically unfamiliar with strong winds and Devin Hester.
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Sunday was anomalous to what Carolinas special teams had done in the first six games of the season. Medlock, who entered the game with two field-goal attempts, a league-low for a starting kicker, made all five of his attempts Sunday.
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Medlock said he thought he would be called on for what would have been about a 50-yard attempt, but coach Ron Rivera decided that crosswinds were too much of a factor.
We thought our best bet was to throw it into the end zone and see what happens, Rivera said. In hindsight, you can say that maybe we should have gone ahead and try it. Its easy to second guess at this point.
Medlock, 29, had played in only one NFL game before the season. He hasnt had many field-goal opportunities because the 1-6 Panthers, when in field-goal range, have needed touchdowns to win. His final field goal was a testy 45-yarder that could have been the game-winner. The kick snuck through after clipping the right upright.
I was telling the special teams coach before the game anything from 45-50 yards on that left hash would be one of the toughest kicks on the whole field because you have to ride the wind, Medlock said. You have to hold it off and not get it to turn over. I knew right away. I said, Oh no, its going to turn. Luckily I was good for an inch.
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Conversely, Chicago kicker Robbie Gould booted all four of his kickoffs out of the end zone. And punter Adam Podlesh controlled his punts in a way that returner Captain Munnerlyn couldnt field a single one.
The ball was everywhere with the wind, Munnerlyn said. I didnt get a chance. ... The punter was letting the ball hang and go everywhere.
Nortman, a rookie, was also asked to keep the ball away from Hester on his three punts. All week he worked on directional punting, but a key punt in the fourth quarter went off the side of his foot and out of bounds for a net of 6 yards.
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Not on Thursday night.
With his team down by a point and time running off the clock, the junior rumbled into the endzone from 10 yards out to give NT a 23-18 victory. It was the second fourth quarter-comeback win at George Vetter Stadium this month for the Lumberjacks (3-5, 1-5 A North).
Zellner picked up the Jacks and rushed for the final 23 yards en route to the endzone, but he gave all the credit to the big men up front blocking.
"The line made a beautiful hole and I saw it and put two hands on the ball — we weren't running anything special," Zellner said. "I wanted to make sure I wasn't losing that ball and I wanted to go as far as I could."
The Tigers (1-7, 1-5 A South) rushed for 217 yards in the game and seemed to have things under control late, holding the Jacks to a field goal deep in Bennett territory on NT's second-last drive. Bennett got the ball back and converted one first down, putting a scare into the NT faithful in attendance.
On 4th and 11 and with NT out of timeouts, Tigers quarterback Tondre Bolden broke a run outside to the left hash mark and looked ready to break a big one. But the NT defense zeroed in on him and three players gang-tackled Bolden, giving the Jacks the ball for what would be their game-winning drive.
NT coach Tony Truilizio was happy with the win and said it's an important one despite it only being an exhibition.
"I knew (Bennett was) a good team and I couldn't believe they were 1-6," Truilizio said. "We had a strong finish and we made plays in the fourth quarter."
Truilizio has noticed the progression of the Jacks this season and he said his team's maturity is starting to have an impact in games.
"They have great composure. The team has grown as a unit and they've matured," Truilizio said. "You can tell we're starting to turn the corner in a lot of aspects. We're finishing games now that we wouldn't finish. I know it's a consolation game, but we finished and it's a good victory."
Getting the call up from junior varsity on Thursday night was sophomores Tyjier Brandy and Sean McDonough. Both players had an impact on the game.
Brandy paced the Jacks on the ground, rushing nine times for 51 yards. McDonough left his mark on defense despite playing a series at quarterback for the Jacks.
"After the game the first thing I did was acknowledge those two guys," Truilizio said. "Tyjier had some great runs and some great first down plays. McDonough made some big plays in run support. Both guys really stood out. From a coaching staff standpoint, we believed in them. This proved to them that they can play at the varsity level."
The usual running combo of sophomore Nehemiah Stone and junior Christian Mahoe wasn't as effective against a fast and hard-hitting Bennett front seven. Stone finished with only 12 yards on nine carries and Mahoe ran three times for 15 yards, but both backs scored a touchdown.
Senior wide receiver Ian Gilhousen had a big game for the Jacks. He had two interceptions on defense and made a diving 28-yard catch in the second quarter to set up NT's first score. He also caught a 22-yard pass from quarterback Chris Woodward on the game-winning drive to help the Jacks get into Bennett territory.
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Health care workers in Contra Costa County will have to "practice
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Dr. William Walker, health officer for Contra Costa County, has
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vaccination or wear a mask while working.
"As health care providers, we need to practice what we preach,"
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Walker continued to say that patient safety was at stake and the
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The flu is contagious up to one day prior to symptoms appearing
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The requirement will go into effect during the coming flu season
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Shop Talk is a weekly column featuring locally owned and operated businesses. This week, we talk to Ian Lamont, owner of Slickepott Fudge Sauce in Delhi.
How long have you lived in the area?
My family moved to Delhi in 1993.
Tell me about your business:
Well, fudge sauce has been an institution in my family for well over 50 years. It started with my dad's mother, Nana, giving away fudge sauce every year at Christmastime; my mother continued the tradition, and my recipe is a variation of hers. The business has slowly but surely grown and developed, but the ingredients remain simple and old-fashioned: just fresh cream, cane sugar, butter, unsweetened chocolate, vanilla and salt (Slickepott is one of the few fudge sauce makers that refuses to use corn syrup or preservatives). Every jar is from a small batch, hand-made by me. About 20 stores carry my velvety-smooth chocolate ganache-style fudge sauce. I do food shows and festivals all over the Northeast throughout the year, and customers from across the nation order regularly from the website.
Describe a typical day in your business:
Every day is completely different: production days I am in the kitchen for eight hours stirring and listening to lectures on my iPod; office days are spent making phone calls and responding to emails, shipping orders, keeping my books in order, and other miscellaneous tasks; event days you will find me at a food and wine festival or maybe a farmers market giving samples and selling fudge sauce to enthusiastic foodies.
How did you get started in this line of work?
Shortly after I completed my first twelve years of education at home, I wanted to continue my education, but did not want to accrue personal debt. My areas of interest were business and law, so I decided to start with the maxim, "If you want to learn about business, start one!", in the hope that my business pursuit would eventually help to fund my law degree. At first it was like wrestling an octopus; trying all at once to perfect the recipe, get the proper permits and licenses, find a kitchen to use, etc, etc. Deciding on a name was the easy part: 'Slickepott' (pronounced slick'-uh-put) is a Swedish idiom that I learned from Nana, who was from Sweden. The word refers to the index finger or a rubber spatula; Nana used it as a verb to describe licking something delicious from a bowl, spoon, or beater.
Where do you see this business in five years?
By then, I hope to have added at least two more products to my lineup. A caramel sauce is currently in development, and there are some other ideas floating around in my head. From a distribution perspective, I want to grow my wholesale network to cover more of the Northeast, especially the metropolitan areas.
What have you learned from your work?
Since I had very little experience coming into this business, every single aspect has been an education in itself. I would say that one of the most prominent lessons has been that you can't solely rely on having a fabulous product and expect success; how you present your product, how you treat customers, and how actively you are getting the product in front of people are all of utmost importance.
What is the most challenging part of what you do?
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The most enjoyable?
By far, the most rewarding and satisfying part is watching someone taste the fudge sauce for the first time _ I've seen some priceless reactions!
How do you define success for your business?
As a committed Christian, I define success in every area as loving and obeying God.
In business, this means treating my customers the way I would want to be treated, being honest and fair, and finding joy in every minute I have in this business.
What are some advantages as well as drawbacks of doing business in this area?
Local and old-fashioned foods are on the rise right now, so that fits right in with Slickepott's whole mission. People love chocolate, and sweets as a category are pretty recession-proof.
There are few drawbacks: New York is one of the few states that charges sales tax on fudge sauce, and since I use no preservatives, I have to be careful that my product doesn't sit around too long in hot weather.
What sets you apart from your competitors?
As mentioned before, I refuse to add corn syrup or preservatives to my fudge sauce. This makes for a smooth, clean, old-fashioned flavor. People tell me all the time that it reminds them of their grandmother's recipe.
What advice would you give to someone trying to enter your field of work?
Pay attention to details; small things often make a huge difference.
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Thelma was a homemaker who readily opened her home to friends, friends of her children, her extended family and neighbors. She had a welcoming dispostion and a wonderful, wry sense of humor. She lovingly hosted annual barbeques for family and friends. Thelma enjoyed playing solitaire and watching her favorite TV shows.
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One of the five Vermont State Colleges and the only one that specializes in technical education, Vermont Tech offers academic programs that teach the skills needed to succeed in today's evolving technological workplace. Vermont Tech is a small college with a lot to offer, including excellent student support services, long term average of 98% degree related placement rate, clean and beautiful residential campus, student clubs and activities and student run ski hill. Being in the heart of Vermont, Vermont Tech is close to many outdoor recreational activities, arts & entertainment and shopping throughout the state.
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Next week they will be singing for and with the residents at the Crazy Water and the following Monday at Lakewell House. Think about joining in on the pleasure of singing good old gospel songs at the same time you get an uplifting experience in entertaining others. Rehearsals are, as always, at 10 a.m. each Monday at the center.
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A former Metropolitan Police Department officer from Brandywine, MD, has been convicted of counterfeiting, identity fraud and theft, after stealing her brother's identity, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Jamell Stallings, 46, stole and used her brother's identity to apply for loans, according to Angela Alsobrooks, Prince George's County State's Attorney.
Stallings, who is scheduled to be sentenced on April 2, faces a maximum sentence of 150 years, according to prosecutors.
"Police officers take an oath to serve and protect the citizens of the jurisdictions in which they work," Alsobrooks said. "Ms. Stallings not only violated that oath, she went even lower by taking advantage of her own brother to live a lavish lifestyle."
Stalling's brother, Ronald Greene, thought he was going with his sister to Navy Federal Credit Union in the Navy Yard Branch in DC to open an account for himself, but without his knowledge she added her name, making herself a joint owner of the account, according to prosecutors. Then she took out a $5,000 loan using Greene's name and Social Security number, prosecutors said.
Stallings also faxed Navy Federal a falsified W-2 from the MPD District 5 police station where she worked to help her obtain the loan, according to John Erzen, spokesman for Prince George's State's Attorney's. The fake W-2 said her brother made $46,000 in 2006 while working for Brookstone Financial Group in Laurel, MD, which is no longer in operation, according to prosecutors.
The head of Brookstone, John Kelley, said Greene never worked for him, but that Stalling's husband, Thurman, did, according to prosecutors.
Stallings spent $2,500 of the loan on various items and transferred the remainder to her own personal account, prosecutors said.
Stallings then took out an automobile loan for $13,000 in her brother's name, according to Erzen. But she forged the certified check Navy Federal wrote in her brother's name for an automobile purchase — to look like Greene gave it to her, according to Erzen.
Prosecutors said she then deposited the check in her personal account and withdrew the money to pay off her own car. That left her brother with a $13,000 loan to pay off for a car he never bought, according to Erzen. Whether or not restitution ends up being part of her sentencing will be determined in the sentencing hearing, Erzen said.
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CPSIA – Why Have Five CPSC Commissioners?
March 23, 2010 by Rick Woldenberg, Chairman, Learning Resources, Inc.
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Last night I was accused of being politically naive for having written:
"It would appear that the 'governing principle' demonstrated by yesterday's passage of the health care bill applies here. There is little need for Democrats to try to build a consensus [on the Waxman Amendment]. They have control, so bipartisan support will only be achieved when those with opposing views capitulate or are outvoted. Brave New World, I feel so safe now. . . ."
I might be naive, I suppose. Who knows, it's not for me to judge. I was informed that this is how things work in Washington and the Golden Rule applies – he who has the gold rules.
Nonetheless I think there's a larger point here. If you scroll back to the Halcyon days of 2008, you may recall the apparently urgent need to return to a "full" Commission of five CPSC Commissioners. It was asserted that somehow a Commission of three Commissioners just would not be adequate to meet the challenges of a modern world. At the time because of a vacancy, there were only two Commissioners (one Democrat and one Republican). Republican Nancy Nord, the then Acting Chairman, was savaged by Democrats for "gridlock" since the only possible explanation for the slow progress implementing the CPSIA must have been "foot dragging". Ah, how the passage of time gives us all new perspective . . . . Anyhow, with the smaller Commission, it was said that there wasn't enough dialogue, fresh perspectives, blah blah blah.
The gridlock was all a hoax, as Nord and Moore voted together on all but one CPSIA decision in their tenure together. While the issues may have been fractious and they might have rarely shared the same outlook, they still managed to find a way to vote together. The problems, the "unintended consequences", were beyond the Commission's ability to resolve. It was Congress' fault, not theirs.
Now with a full Commission of five Commissioners, three Democrat and two Republican, we find ourselves in a far more stratified and partisan situation where dialogue is often strained or nonexistent and voting blocks dominate decisions. Sadly, consensus building does not seem to be the modus operandi of this Commission or of this Chairman. With three certain votes, the Dems on the Commission hardly need to broker agreements or compromise to get to "yes". They control the Commission, and will do as they please. As Tenenbaum's and Adler's joint comments on the Waxman Amendment and the Tenenbaum/Adler/Moore joint comments on the Civil Penalty Factors indicate, the Dems are making no pretense about their controlling voting block. Pelosi and Waxman must love it.
It is a shame that this partisan situation has arisen at the Commission. After all, the CPSC is supposed to be about safety, not politics. The division along party lines smacks of closed doors and minds already made up. Reasonable positions are being discounted by the Dems for political reasons, creating many losers but few winners. It is certain to produce lesser decisions. The upside of a full Commission is being squandered without the Chairman's commitment to seek consensus.
Of course, there is far less need to open up or listen when control of the outcome is certain. Debate becomes a kind of charade mainly for public consumption. As has been apparent in the health care debate, frustration builds quickly when absolute power is used coercively. I heard someone on CNBC refer to the process leading to the passage of that bill as "dictating, not governing". This kind of resentment of the CPSC is also mounting as the "have not's" in the regulated community find themselves with fewer and fewer options. We did not sign up for a dictatorship.
This is a sad reflection of the increasingly polarized world that followed Mr. Waxman into his Chairmanship of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. He governs by "take it or leave it" as in his two CPSIA amendments. This is not the only way to get things done, however, as the Dingell era demonstrated.
Naive? That's the reality that I see, unfortunately.
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Today's blog post comes from Hannah Fenster, summer intern with the Public Affairs Office.
Ever wonder why your photographs of the 1970s are slowly changing color? Hint: They don't want makeovers or need more fuchsia in their lives. More likely, their aging appearances come from the original film type and from years of storage at room temperature.
The National Archives used an elaborate process to produce top-quality, fully restored photographs for the exhibit "DOCUMERICA: Searching for the Seventies," which runs through September 8. The National Archives stores the original images as slides in cold storage to minimize the color shift.
I spoke with Michelle Farnsworth, digital imaging technician at the National Archives, to discuss the process of resurrecting the photos for exhibition.
To transfer the images from stored slides to shiny exhibit frames, technicians began by scanning the slides into a digitized format at the Digital Imaging Lab at the National Archives in College Park, MD.
The scanned versions underwent some preliminary color editing. "We weren't trying to make them look punchier," says Farnsworth, "we were trying to make them neutral, to match what we saw on the slides or the documents."
Amanda Perez, exhibit and graphic designer, then enhanced the color and contrast, cleaned up dust spots and scratches, and further neutralized what color shifts had occurred over the years. Editing to this extent … [ Read all ]
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Czarnecki said most of the major roads were clear by 7 a.m. and crews began plowing local streets at the same time as giving major streets a second run. The crews will return on Saturday morning to touch up streets.
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The debate has raged for years in alternative transportation. Electric vehicle (EV) advocates claim that the steady improvement in battery technology, the pervasiveness of the grid, and software and services to enable things like high-speed charging will make electrification of at least some portion of the transportation market inevitable.
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk predicts that 13 percent or more of cars coming off production lines could be electric by 2020 while Nissan's Carlos Ghosn says 20 percent of its cars by 2020 will be electrics, and that doesn't count standard hybrids, which are partly electric.
Electric will even play a role in public transportation, argues Proterra, which has created an electric bus for municipal transportation and a complementary high-speed DC charger that can get its 68-passenger behemoths back on the street in 20 minutes or less.
CNG advocates, however, claim they have a big advantage on their side: reality. CNG cars already exist and natural gas, thanks to hydraulic fracturing, could remain relatively cheap for some time.
Who is right? To be honest, both. EVs and CNG vehicles will percolate into the market over the next ten years depending on the circumstances. Here's a general roundup of the pluses and minuses.
1. Efficiency. EVs tend to win hand down in this category, primarily because the large natural gas-burning turbines at power plants remain far more efficient than the small ones squeezed into cars. A 2010 report from MIT states:
While both EVs (electric vehicles) and NGVs (natural gas vehicles) have significant infrastructure requirements, there are major differences in their relative efficiencies. An NGV does not have comparable efficiency gains relative to electrification via natural gas generation. In general, 1,000 cubic feet (cf) of natural gas, converted to electricity, yields 457 miles in an EV. This same 1,000 cf in an NGV would only have a range of around 224 miles. (The quote comes from page 24 of the study.)
A 2006 paper by Marc Tarpenning and Martin Eberhard, the first two of the five people listed as founders at Tesla Motors, found natural gas vehicles less efficient than hydrogen, hybrids, gas, diesel and electrics. Yes, Tarpenning and Eberhard are EV proponents, but the numbers work.
Proterra's all-electric bus gets between 17.5 to 29 miles per gallon, according to the company. Even if you take 20 mpg as a estimate, that beats the 3 to 4 mpg for CNG buses, according to the Department of Transportation. (page 11).
Diesel engines run just fine on natural gas—we've been doing it for over 90 years. Catepillar has several models of diesel engines that run on natural gas for sale—-and they've been selling them since the late 1940s.
Diesel engines get about 45% TE.
——-" On point #1 you are way off. Combined Cycle Nat Gas EG plants are in the 50 to 60% efficiency range and losses delivering that power to your home are in the low to mid single digits (making them insignficant)."———-
Use diesel engines running on natural gas, and you get the same efficiency —– without any need for large electric generation facilities, transmission grid, or charging outlets and associated maintenance. You just start up and go whenever and where ever you want.
You save several hundred million to billion dollars, and you don't even need a coupon.
I think you need to issue two corrections:
1) On your vehicle cost point, a Civic NG costs only $5,650 more than a comparably equiped gasoline Civic. Aftermarket CNG conversions aren't really done on cars in the U.S., but in emerging markets, they only cost $1-3k.
2) On your filling station cost point, an at-home CNG compressor (The Phill) is roughly $4k). I'm not even sure why you are comparing a 240-volt charger to whole natural gas fueling station–not exactly apples to apples.
A better comparison to a Clean Fuel CNG station is a Better Place Station where batteries are quickly exhanged. The Better Place model eliminates the barrier that extra capital cost of electric cars puts to the capital constrainned by having Better Place own the batteries.
The Bettter Place model could be used for CNG. The lower cost of CNG than gasoline not merely now but for the forseeable future should invite some firm to offer to pay for the extra cost of the CNG equipment in exchange for a proportion of
the savings in fuel cost.
So you are saying that you are simply transcribing what they are telling you, instead of doing actual research and analysis on your own? Great jourmalism.
Also, why would you expect Ford to tell you about Honda's natural gas Civic?
I just don't see how you can leave Vehicle Cost as a "toss-up" when you know now that EVs cost roughly $20k more and NGVs cost roughly $6k more.
you do not need to ARGUE to THINK. How many "vehicle-miles/hr" can that $750K CNG filling station service? How many of these RV chargers would you have to buy to service the same #? Conversely, how is it that your "research" never uncovered the "Phil", a way to fill your CNG car via the natgas that is ALREADY PIPED INTO MOST HOMES. I've never used Phil. I don't remember exactly how much it costs. I'd guess $2K – $3K all in. Phil is the correct comp to your EV quote. You need to remember 2 things …
1. Denominators matter
2. Apples & oranges make good fruit salad but lousy articles.
In Utah, some school districts have converted their buses to CNG. To do this, they had to install large scale compressors and storage tanks.
In order to help offset the price of the compressor installations—high pressure pipelines were run to separate fueling plazas that have unattended public fueling using credit card and debit card activated dispensers. The fueling plazas are open 24/7/365.
The schools save considerably on fuel costs compared to petroleum(about 50%)—-and the NG utility sells more gas for which they pay the schools a rebate.
The schools get lower fuel costs, and a non-tax income stream that helps pay for the cost of equipment installation. When the equipment is paid for, rebates and discounts(for bulk NG usage) will pay for school services out of non tax funds. Schools can provide more services with less taxes. Schools win, taxpayers win, gas utilities win, consumers win.
People who don't have vehicles that can use CNG as fuel are the only losers.
PS to mitalum———" 2. Apples & oranges make good fruit salad but lousy articles."———-
LMAO!!!! (snorting big gulp of coffee through nose)
Note to self—-do not drink coffee and read mitalum comments at the same time.
I love it——thanks.
See cngprices.com for an interactive map of cng stations. More are coming every month. Convenience stores love them because of the higher profit margin.
On page 2, you state, "DC fast chargers are currently around $50,000 with installation, although these prices are anticipated to come down greatly," Read added.
Nissan is now selling their DC fast charger for just under $10K, so that prediction has already happened. The demand charges for fast charging are a big problem as you state. Here in CA, the PUC is considering reducing demand charges for EV charging. This will bring the cost of fast charge energy closer to a level that will work for most people.


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Tonawanda News — KENMORE — Nickel City Chef JJ Richert is at it again with a new local restaurant — but this time, he's cooking out of a car.
The Garage Deli on Kenmore Avenue is the third joint venture between Richert and his brother, Kevin. The pair runs the deli's fine dining neighbor, Torches, and Tonawanda's barbecue joint, Smoke on the Water.
But The Garage Deli has an eyepiece the others don't — a barbecuer in a 1962 Chevy Corvair.
"I bought it from a junkyard," Richert, who was trained at The Culinary Institute of America, said. "And then I came across a guy at Denler Stainless in Buffalo who has built a lot of barbecues, and I came to him with my idea."
Three months later, the project was done, and the deli, which opened Thursday, now has its crown jewel. The meat is cooked in the charcoal smoker engine and the trailer is also equipped with flat top griddles.
"The smoke is produced from underneath and comes up through," Richert said while showing off the former engine's smoker. "I always wanted a barbecue trailer, and I was able to do it on a hot rod."
Richert is hoping to make The Garage Deli a popular lunch destination, and he said he's focusing on keeping the food simple —sandwiches, salads, soup and sides.
"I'm just making sandwiches the way I like to eat them," he said.
The options include a hand carved smoked turkey BLT with applewood bacon mayonnaise and red onion jam, the turducken — a turkey, chicken and duck sandwich — as well as the classic pit ham and cheese.
"We're just doing simple stuff in the best way," Cyndi, Richert's wife, said. "We don't cut corners, and it's all family oriented."
The salads and sides are all family recipes, and are named after Richert's loved ones, including Grandma Rosemary, whose salad features diced spinach and warm applewood bacon, and Cyndi's popular pasta salad is also up for grabs.