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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.