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Natural Gas May Be Just the Solution for This Economy

You're absolutely right...send your opinion to your congressmen.


On Jul 20 08:51 AM Michael Fitzsimmons wrote:

> US produced natural gas is abundant, clean, and cheap. It is a testament
> to failed US energy policy that a country that has 5% of the world's
> population, uses 25% of the world's oil, and is importing 65-70%
> of that oil does not switch to natural gas transportation. Natural
> gas is the only US produced fuel capable of being scaled up to solve
> the economic, environmental, and national security issues the US
> faces due to its foreign oil addiction. The American people should
> demand prudent energy policy from an American government which seems
> more content following wrong-headed pentagon/petroleum strategy of
> fighting oil wars to obtain access to oil as the country goes bankrupt
> in the meantime. Oil is at the heart of a weakening US. Meanwhile,
> we have all the natural gas we need right here. What we need is prudent
> and pragmatic energy policy and for folks to stop lumping natural
> gas in with oil and coal as a "fossil fuel". Natural gas is much
> cleaner and cheaper than either of them when all costs are added
> in (environemntal, health, military, subsidies). But, Congres is
> bought off by oil and coal lobbies. So, here we sit...addicted to
> foreign oil and coal. It is a ridiculous situation to be in entering
> the era of peak oil. You'd think $145/barrel oil and $4.50/gallon
> gasoline would have taught the American people something. It hasn't.
> So, we'll see it again - sooner than most people think. Here is an
> energy policy that could save this country:
>
> thefitzman.blogspot.co...

Making Natural Gas Transportation a Reality

Write to your congressmen. This article has a lot of good information that can be paraphrased in a good advocacy letter.


On May 06 12:02 PM blu wrote:

> Mr. Fitzsimmons,
>
> I am aboard your bandwagon with one caveat to your statement:
>
> "If natural gas transportation doesn’t begin to take root soon in
> the US, peak oil and high energy prices will whack the US economy
> again. "
>
> I'm afraid it is already too late to prevent the high energy costs
> from whacking the US again.
>
> That doesn't mean we don't continue to push for NG transportation.
>
> It is hard to get this administration onboard because this concept
> is built upon common sense.
> There's a huge shortage of common sense in Washington, D.C.

H.R. 1835: Legislation for Natural Gas Transportation

WRITE to your congressmen if you want it to happen. It will take support from constitutents to make it a reality.


On Apr 05 10:15 AM koolsool wrote:

> I hope HR1835 has a chance for going forward because the domestic
> nat gas producers & service industry are going to take a big
> hit from Obama's budget. People should read the article published
> by The Motley Fool on March 25th, titled "Obama's Plan To Punish
> Big Oil Will Backfire". His budget will eliminate $31.5 billion of
> tax incentives that domestic nat gas production now receive. The
> hardest hit will be the shale producers, all the domestic new technology
> stuff that should be encouraged. Maybe if the "Nat Gas Act" passes,
> it will offset the damage done by Obama's budget. A company that
> I like alot to benefit from nat gas transportation is Fuel Systems
> Solutions FSYS.

6 Natural Investments in Natural Gas

Kurt Wulff has been recommending Hugoton Royalty Trust (HGT) for some time now.