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On the fuel side, a variety of different pathways were considered. They can be put into four basic groups, based on their source of feedstock: crude oil, natural gas, electricityfrom both traditional power stations and renewable sources -and biomass.

Results to emerge from the study included:

• On a well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions basis, the best use for natural gas was to reform it to obtain hydrogen for use in hydrogen FCVs. • To a lesser extent, natural gas offered improvements relative to conventional gasoline and diesel systems when used to fuel CNG vehicles.

• The use of hydrogen from natural gas in

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