With 200 more pumps expected to be installed next year, the time when you can make a cross-country trek in a CNG car may be sooner than you think.

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At the time Smirnoff--a California native who never finished high school or college--was working at a bookstore in Oxford, where he settled when his car died there during a cross-country trip.

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The battery that runs your laptop on a cross-country flight has enough electricity to drive your car 100 feet.

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