T. Boone Pickens & Senator Robert Menendez
Yesterday, US lawmakers unveiled legislation aimed at increasing the use of natural gas in vehicles as a way of reducing dependence on foreign oil, and reducing carbon emissions. Democratic Senator Robert Menendez, one of the sponsors of the bill stated:
“We saw last summer how the wild fluctuations in oil prices helped to wreck our economy, and we’ve seen how pollutants from dirty fuels are wrecking our planet.”
He added that the recent economic downturn also had;
“shined a spotlight on the urgent need for alternative, cleaner and cheaper sources of energy that we don’t have to import.”
Canada needs to take similar measures and pass legislation that will make use of the abundant and affordable natural gas reserves of Canada to the benefit of our environment’s health. By implementing incentives, and ensuring that all manufacturers offer the same natural gas vehicles in Canada that they sell to markets outside of Canada we begin to increase the usage of natural gas within our transport network, reduce carbon emissions in a meaningful and practical way and begin implementing the distribution infrastructure necessary to support a future hydrogen based energy network.
Massive shale gas discoveries have changed the energy market. British Columbia’s Horn River basin is the largest natural gas basin in Canada, and potentially North America. The BC government and major industry players have invested billions to bring this resource to market in North America and Asia.
Reuters: U.S lawmakers offer bill to spur natural gas vehicles
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[...] by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). (see Horn River News: “Natural gas is critical to the environment and energy security”) This legislation would increase the tax incentives to offset the costs of natural gas vehicles [...]