I don't care what the price of oil is.......

It seems as though with the financial situation as it is contributing to the price of oil pressure is subsiding to adopt a plan like this. Heck with that noise! I don't care what the price is we need to grow these new industries, put people back to work who have lost their jobs in the traditional oil based industry and spend our money on our resources not someone else's. I don't know where we start but since there is a good bit of natural gas in Louisiana maybe T Boone needs to meet with Bobby Jindal a young bright guy who is doing great things in that state and discuss his state being the pilot for the natural gas transportation industry. Lawton Atlanta

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Permalink Reply by Mike Anthony Fernald Sr. on October 25, 2008 at 3:06am: Hi ya Lawton

I agree with you we do need people to be put back to work and we do need to grow these indstries, I for one DO CARE how high the gas price is only because I do not have the budget for all the added expense, I have gone though what little saving I had to keep afloat now I may lose my home, I did not get a raise to offset the additional cost last year and this year, Are you well off enough to buy my mortgage from my Bank. I may make it if my intrest was cut down to 3 or 4%

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Permalink Reply by Lawton Hydrick on October 27, 2008 at 10:42am: Mike. What I meant was when Detroit comes out and says that lower oil prices will help there sales they mean sales of low mileage SUVs and trucks. We cannot continue in that direction the pressure from high oil prices is a driver for the Pickens Plan. I don't wish high gas prices on anyone including myself. I provide fitness services on an hourly basis, am self employed, and when things get tight my buisness suffers so I feel your pain. I just don't want to see us get complacent about the need for the Pickens Plan because gas prices are falling.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Allen R. Gale on October 26, 2008 at 6:14pm: Utah already has a CNG transportation move well under way. In fact it is successful to the point that they can not find enough CNG-fueled vehicles to meet the demand and used ones are selling at a premiun there (so I have read). I think it is a great idea to get other states interested in continuing this move, and I agree Bobby Jindal appears to be an ideal candidate after watching hem setp up to this years hurricane episode.

The main problem seems to be availability and/or distribution of CNG filling stations - there are few states that do not have a supply of natural gas, but it is distributed directly to consumers via pipeline. Atlanta has some CNG vehicles, mainly municipal and/or fleet, and a few filling stations but they are all private except for one. The "Phil" home-refueling device is a good start but is pretty expensive and limits vehicle range to half-endurance from home without public fast-fill stations. How about starting there?

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