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13,000 gallons of leg find natural gas and will eliminate 30,000 tons of carbon dioxide every year. perhaps the only draw back is the costs. >> there are a lot of impurities we need to clean out of the landfill gas. that requires a multiple step purification system which makes it more expensive. >> in fact, this facility costs $15 million. supporters say if technology improves, cost also come down and more trash heaps will become fuel depots. >> we are turning landfills energy producing facility rather than just a landfill site. >> another one opens in california next year and other landfills ...

>> escort -- go ahead. >> keep going, i'm sorry. >> and providing escorts to get the carry yars out of the fuel depots, out to the stations as fast as they can without getting stuck in track. we're seeing bottlenecks for traffic as people are evacuating. we're trying to make sure we get through the traffic as fast as possible. so we get everybody the fuel to evacuate. >> i hear that you're talking to the federal government and to the fuel companies, are you seeing any results? >> yes. we got some -- we're getting additional tankers in to port tampa bay. we have three tankers coming in if today...

It's now shifting slightly to the west, direct hit on miami, south florida, and straight up the state. i mean, this is worst case scenario? >> yes, both coasts are going to be impacted. if you're in an evacuation zone, do it now, this is basically your last day. >> reporter: we were out this morning, we saw the lines for fuel even before the sun came up, taillights stretching as far as you could see. you know you're running out of fuel in some places. we saw reports out of gainesville in fact the last thing we saw. how are you getting fuel there? >> so, here's what we've done. we got more fuel...

Operations center have indicated to elected officials here in texas. >> there are obviously a lot of oil refineries as well along the texas coastline. any damage that you know about so far there? >> so several refineries actually closed in anticipation of the storm last night in the corpus christi vicinity. you have about a quarter of the nation's petroleum product refined in the texas gulf coast. so we've already seen wholesale gas increase by 25 cents before landfall last night. we hope that that figure does not increase. i know the attorney general is keeping an eye on folks that might pric...

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