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Natural Gas: Clean Fuel with a Dirty Little Secret

The price differential between NG and oil and our balance of payments deficit (oil imports) means there is room for higher NG prices and more LNG imports.

We need to increase electricity production, electrify the railroads, expand frieght rail and get heavy trucks off the roads, thus cutting diesel consumption (helping to restrain jet fuel and home heating oil prices) and road maintenance costs.

In the short run, if energy security is a goal, we are currently under-using NG (at least until there is greatly expanded electric. prod. from renewables and nuclear).