With the arrival of the first cold weather, charge CNG in Mar del Plata has become an odyssey through restriction who suffer the half of the city’s service stations.
The company’s decision Camuzzi of limiting the sale of compressed natural gas for vehicles to prioritize home consumption, is beginning to harm motorists and although temperatures are beginning to normalize, the situation remains the same in Mar del Plata and in densely populated cities such as La Plata.
Loading CNG in Mar del Plata, an odyssey for a week. Illustrative photo: 0223.
The pilgrimage is even more difficult for taxi drivers, who in addition to the low fare and therefore their profitability, must travel long distances to have a full tube and even more so at night, where, according to some drivers, 0223“there are only 4 stations with gas.”
“It is a disorder and among us we inform each other which one is selling. Because it happens that we make several blocks of gas and be careful not to run out of fuel,” Pablo Sánchez, head of the Society of Taxi Drivers, told this medium.
Taxi drivers, the most affected by the CNG restriction. Photo: 0223.
For its part, from the Chamber of Fuel Vendorsunaware of this restriction decided by the gas distribution companies, warn that they have no news about a possible solution.
“Everything remains the same although it may be that some station that is interruptible and has a sale has been transferred from a third party or from a branch,” they lamented from the sector.
Although the weather is improving, conditions could worsen in the coming days: the National Metereological Service he announced that the polar cold returns during the weekend, with minimums of 4 degrees and maximums of just 9.
