On our way out of New York this morning we went by the Clean Energy station at La Guardia Airport. This station is actually a pump at a larger BP gas station. I identified this stop months ago and had confirmed that it was open to the public and accepted MC/Visa and not a special type of pymt card over the phone.

I am learning that their are other questions you need to be asking though when you call some of these stations ahead of time, such as “is their ANYTHING else I need to know before I come that would prevent me from getting fuel??” When I arrived,I went inside to pay and while yes, they would take my VISA debit card for pymt, before the BP attendant would sell me CNG I had to show him my “CNG Certification Card”. Say what? I have never heard of these, and here I am at what will probably be my last stop for fuel on a 10-day, 2,300 trip and this is the first time someone has asked to see my certification card.  Maybe this is a NY State rule, I have no idea.

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After leaving DC yesterday, we stopped by the Clean Energy Station in Baltimore near BWI to top off the tank as well. This station is not open to the public, but Clean Energy agreed to meet us there to let us refuel. We would have made it to NYC without the stop, but whenever there is a chance to top off with CNG, I have learned you should take it. Our friend from Clean Energy drives a dedicated van (meaning it ONLY can run on CNG, unlike our Tahoe which is dual-fuel). The van has 65,000 miles on it and in this video he is showing off the tailpipe and how clean it is. I dare you to go run your fingers through the exhaust pipe of your car – I doubt it will look like this

We are in NY now, and I’m actually doing this post from the Bronx Zoo parking lot. We are about to head in to 1) check out the animals and 2) check out the zoo trams which run on CNG!