Is Pennsylvania Missing The Ball On CNG Fuel?
Surge in Natural Gas Has Utah Driving Cheaply
According to a recent story in The New York Times people in Utah have embraced their supply of natural gas as a vehicle fuel and are filling up on CNG for as little as .87 a gallon (as of last fall). Where is our state at in relation to this?
Pennsylvania is a prime example of states who are missing the ball on CNG. We have huge deposits of natural gas within our borders and in a short time we could have municipal fleets and local/regional trucking operations running on this clean, domestic fuel. Why are we losing in this new energy race to Utah? Our state leaders and national representatives need to be given a wake up call.
Natural gas will bring jobs to Pennsylvania and will cut transportation costs for manufacturers and service providers who depend on truck transportation. Saving money on transportation costs would give businesses in Pennsylvania a huge competitive advantage in the marketplace with obvious economic benefits to everyone in the state. In this miserable economic climate you would think that our elected representatives would be scrambling to put our state first in taking advantage of this economic goldmine but, from what I have seen this isn't the case.
The people of Pennsylvania need to understand this. Our state and national representatives have to be made aware of the fact that the people of Pennsylvania want jobs and a comparatively cheap, green transportation fuel. Writing letters to local newspapers and or radio/TV stations is the best way to put the issue in front of other Pennsylvanians. If our government officials see that enough people are aware of what could be they will act to bring the benefits of CNG fuel (which is OUR natural resource!) to Pennsylvania
According to a recent story in The New York Times people in Utah have embraced their supply of natural gas as a vehicle fuel and are filling up on CNG for as little as .87 a gallon (as of last fall). Where is our state at in relation to this?
Pennsylvania is a prime example of states who are missing the ball on CNG. We have huge deposits of natural gas within our borders and in a short time we could have municipal fleets and local/regional trucking operations running on this clean, domestic fuel. Why are we losing in this new energy race to Utah? Our state leaders and national representatives need to be given a wake up call.
Natural gas will bring jobs to Pennsylvania and will cut transportation costs for manufacturers and service providers who depend on truck transportation. Saving money on transportation costs would give businesses in Pennsylvania a huge competitive advantage in the marketplace with obvious economic benefits to everyone in the state. In this miserable economic climate you would think that our elected representatives would be scrambling to put our state first in taking advantage of this economic goldmine but, from what I have seen this isn't the case.
The people of Pennsylvania need to understand this. Our state and national representatives have to be made aware of the fact that the people of Pennsylvania want jobs and a comparatively cheap, green transportation fuel. Writing letters to local newspapers and or radio/TV stations is the best way to put the issue in front of other Pennsylvanians. If our government officials see that enough people are aware of what could be they will act to bring the benefits of CNG fuel (which is OUR natural resource!) to Pennsylvania
Tags: cng, gas, natural, pennsylvania
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Comment by Tom Bailey on November 6, 2009 at 1:49pm -
A huge help; for those like myself, (not comfortable face to face or good at speaking). Here are links to 2 places that you can easily drop a note to Newspapers and to your congressmen.
For the Newspaper site; What I do is compose a short letter (200 words) in my word program, allowing my spelling check as I’m a sandbox grad, I’ll even cut and paste “with permission” with energy concerns. Copy the letter and paste it in the message box, of this site , which after entering your zip gives you almost every paper in your area. Hit send, & Presto you’re done. Pick a couple of papers at a time and if you could do this once a week you will be helping!
click to another link to write your congressmen. It will be preloaded with a general message. Please cut and paste to make it more personal.
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