The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) is planning to add new financial incentives for NGVs to encourage more motorists to use the fuel and protect the environment. “Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is the way to go,” said Energy Minister Conrad Enill, adding that utilizing more CNG will enhance T&T’s commitment to the environment. The project, still in its planning stages, is in part a response to the Copenhagen Summit and also to a likely reducing demand by the US for T&T’s LNG as that country’s natural gas reserves continue to strengthen, according to a T&T Guardian report.
Enill said that consistent with the government’s policy shift toward greater environment protection, “Government would soon announce a full plan for the re-launch of CNG as an alternative vehicular fuel … It is estimated that there would be a 49-75 per cent reduction in carbon monoxide emissions, a 25 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions a 39-90 per cent reduction in nitrogen oxide emission and an almost total elimination of particulate matter from diesel engines.”
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