The price spread.
Diesel is now approaching $4/gal. The cost of an equivalent amount of energy from natural gas is less than $2.
A gallon of diesel fuel cost an average of $3.97 last year, according to federal statistics. The equivalent amount of energy in natural gas cost 48 cents at industrial prices.
Berkshire’s BNSF Railway to Test Switch to Natural Gas
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