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F  Get better gas mileage with new technology  Published On: Jun
04 2012 11:56:48 AM CDT Updated On: Jan 10 2013 12:10:59 PM CST
Car pulling up to gas pumps  iStock / RapidEye  (NewsUSA) - Gas
prices are getting as dangerously high as unemployment rates,
and both mean a whole new level of penny pinching for the
nation's 99 percent.  As drivers spend about $4 per gallon,
finding ways to get better gas mileage is more important than
ever. Fortunately, affordable technology is finally catching up
to the escalating problem.  Some auto companies are trying to
ease the burden of astronomical gas prices by improving
technology and making it accessible.  Vision Motor Company is
priming its widespread release of alternative vehicles using
compressed natural gas (CNG), which can cut fuel costs by up to
80 percent. Besides polluting as much as 90 percent less than
traditional gasoline, natural gas vehicles can get 45 miles per
gallon on CNG fuel.  But, acco