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Casey Plans Bill to Promote Natural Gas as Vehicle Fuel

thetimes-tribune.com -- The Natural Gas Energy and Alternative Rewards, or NGEAR, Act would create a rebate of up to $15,000 for buying public transit or school buses that run on alternative fuels and extend tax credits for using alternative fuels or building refueling stations through 2016.
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Submitted Feb 04, 2012 By: geecha

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DanMtz Champion Author Oakland Posts:1,507 Points:877,600 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 6:53:57 AM Ignore DanMtz Report Abuse It seems like the trucking industry should be interested.
Gas_Eyes All-Star Author Dallas Posts:859 Points:291,060 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 11:23:38 AM Ignore Gas_Eyes Report Abuse Government should also do something to promote CNG is passenger cars.
rjojo40 Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:4,563 Points:719,760 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:23:06 AM Ignore rjojo40 Report Abuse A start, Natural gas is the base but where we go from here only time will tell.
paulp24 Champion Author Harrisburg Posts:2,853 Points:464,750 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 7:41:46 AM Ignore paulp24 Report Abuse Good stuff
Mark8601 Veteran Author Bakersfield Posts:424 Points:123,945 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 5:39:44 AM Ignore Mark8601 Report Abuse 15K is drop in the bucket when you have a 200K motor that runs on CNG.
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:4,875 Points:389,370 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 7:12:55 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse LOL, every time we read teafertwo posts they translate to no jobs, no heat, no cooking, no power and uktimately no future. Who loves ya now baby?!
Bussman Champion Author Dallas Posts:4,123 Points:1,065,485 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 5:12:51 PM Ignore Bussman Report Abuse Remember the Pickens Plan?!
Amplion Champion Author Oregon Posts:4,784 Points:1,499,320 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 1:45:19 PM Ignore Amplion Report Abuse UNSAFE !!!!!
teafortwo Champion Author Washington Posts:16,942 Points:1,022,605 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 1:30:44 PM Ignore teafortwo Report Abuse BIG OIL & GAS love us I can not get this link to open. Anybody else haviNG trouble? From the headline and snippet, I wonder how much NG stock this guy has? I finally got it to open. FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Sen. Bob Casey announced plans Friday to introduce a new bill to create and extend incentives for usiNG natural gas as a vehicle fuel BIG OIL & GAS love us ... Feel the love [Edited by: teafortwo at 2/4/2012 4:33:50 PM EST]
Night Owl Champion Author Toronto Posts:5,765 Points:1,431,650 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 10:44:34 AM Ignore Night Owl Report Abuse Sounds great. Both the USA and Canada have plenty of natural gas.
GasFreeLeaf All-Star Author Orange County Posts:929 Points:348,325 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 10:43:33 AM Ignore GasFreeLeaf Report Abuse Follow the money.
Cothrom All-Star Author South Carolina Posts:605 Points:380,370 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 9:39:22 AM Ignore Cothrom Report Abuse Hope this rolls on more than words, it is a good idea
qwerty17 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:2,027 Points:769,100 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 9:18:08 AM Ignore qwerty17 Report Abuse i am ready to buy a cng car. start the ball rolling please.
remay Champion Author Houston Posts:5,202 Points:1,756,195 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 9:15:50 AM Ignore remay Report Abuse Uh, where has HE been? Obviously not in touch, if it is taking THIS long...
skb69sa Champion Author San Antonio Posts:1,634 Points:348,145 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 8:22:40 AM Ignore skb69sa Report Abuse Stop wasting money on Electric Vehicles and go with Natural Gas. Electric Vehicles are failure of 1920's.
dgerst Champion Author South Carolina Posts:1,015 Points:219,580 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 7:28:51 AM Ignore dgerst Report Abuse Go with Natural Gas, it costs less, creates less emissions and keeps the money in the US.
blupupher Champion Author Houston Posts:1,675 Points:416,115 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 7:25:36 AM Ignore blupupher Report Abuse The govt needs to stay our of this.
Edpap Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:1,515 Points:147,935 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 7:15:46 AM Ignore Edpap Report Abuse if this made sense commercially, the $15,000 taxpayer subsidy would not be necessary. People invest in technologies that make sense.
batloverNM Champion Author Albuquerque Posts:3,435 Points:1,247,410 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 7:15:27 AM Ignore batloverNM Report Abuse We should be using our own USA produced NG instead of importing oil.
YaBassa All-Star Author Michigan Posts:579 Points:151,035 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 7:03:04 AM Ignore YaBassa Report Abuse We need as many options as possible.
335d1 All-Star Author Virginia Posts:537 Points:402,600 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 6:52:28 AM Ignore 335d1 Report Abuse It sounds good, but where is the infrastructure to make ng available to consumers needing to refuel their vehicles.
bubbagasPA Rookie Author Lancaster Posts:34 Points:20,005 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 6:50:27 AM Ignore bubbagasPA Report Abuse i think ng would be a great thing
carnifolks Veteran Author New Jersey Posts:354 Points:352,385 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 6:40:36 AM Ignore carnifolks Report Abuse I like this idea. Use ng for all public transportation
BBopp Champion Author Dayton Posts:5,428 Points:1,674,555 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 6:38:29 AM Ignore BBopp Report Abuse Promote away! CNG is so much better than electric.
Gas_Eyes All-Star Author Dallas Posts:859 Points:291,060 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 6:37:55 AM Ignore Gas_Eyes Report Abuse EV's and Hybrids are still too expensive. CNG the cleanest burning fossil fuel is a good stop gap. More CNG filling stations are needed.
furbud1957 All-Star Author York Posts:763 Points:153,405 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 6:27:28 AM Ignore furbud1957 Report Abuse Promoting it is fine, just don't be giving all these tax breaks that the everyday Joe foots.
bar1035 Champion Author Charlotte Posts:6,565 Points:933,170 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 6:20:09 AM Ignore bar1035 Report Abuse matman01 has hit on the truth.
matman01 Champion Author Detroit Posts:12,758 Points:1,604,555 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 6:06:40 AM Ignore matman01 Report Abuse And we will begin to pay out the nose for our home heating prices should this happen.
uglytom Champion Author Florida Posts:6,179 Points:1,287,840 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 6:05:19 AM Ignore uglytom Report Abuse Tax breaks,tax breaks,tax breaks...forever and ever!
TomT2Lee Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:4,207 Points:1,262,895 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 6:00:56 AM Ignore TomT2Lee Report Abuse STOP SPENDING TAX PAYER MONEY!!!! If natural gas is great for vehicles, let it develop on its own.