Natural gas legislation proposed

A natural gas truck at HybridFest

According to Cars.com, "Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) have both introduced legislation that would offer tax credits and other incentives to gas stations that offer natural gas as a fuel, as well as tax breaks to automakers to build the cars that would run on it."

Fortunately, Cars.com also provided a good response to this legislation that echoes my opinions, " Yes, natural gas is cheap now, but it is a finite resource and a fossil fuel — just like oil. The more cars began to rely on natural gas for fuel, the larger the demand would become and the higher the price would likely climb. The price increase would also be passed on to those who use natural gas to heat their homes. Within a few years, we could find ourselves relying on imported natural gas from Russia to keep up with demand."

Natural gas just isn't a broad, long term solution. Natural gas vehicles aren't a horrible idea, there are just better ways to invest our energy money today.