The Fight Over Using Natural Gas for Transportation: Antagonists
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America is facing one of the biggest giveaways in its history. It possesses almost unlimited reserves of natural gas. If it used these reserves to fuel the vast fleet of heavy duty vehicles in use in the trucking industry it would be free of dependence on foreign oil and be free of smog and pollution of air resulting from the exhaust of gasoline and diesel powered vehicles. But most importantly, it would likely be free of the high prices that motorists are paying for gasoline and diesel at the pump.
But it is not going to happen because the powers that be with the complicity of politicians are even now building huge export facilities to ship this resource overseas.
The benefits of using natural gas for transportation far outweigh the disadvantages. This is recognized by almost everyone familiar with the industry. It is possible within a few years to have hundreds of thousands of natural gas vehicles on the road in America.
If this were to happen there would be increased competition resulting in downward pressure on the price of gasoline and diesel fuel; the trade deficit attributed to the importation of oil would be substantially decreased if not altogether eliminated; the export of petroleum products would substantially increase; the annual injection of hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy that would otherwise be sent overseas would stimulate economic activity and cause the creation of hundreds of thousands of jobs; the air would be cleaner; there would be less money funding terrorism.
This has not happened because a menagerie of special interests, private-funded institutes and organizations, certain industries and individuals, emerged to lobby and defeat legislation to make it happen.
The Fight Over Using Natural Gas for Transportation exposes the underbelly of corruption in American politics and the underhanded tactics of major players who benefit (in terms of billions of dollars) from the status quo.
This is the second report by Western Research Institute, Inc., on the twisted politics that have accompanied the discovery of huge natural gas reserves in the United States and the unprecedented rush to develop them. The first report was entitled How America Can Stop Importing Foreign Oil & Those Preventing It From Happening.
America has huge reserves of natural gas, enough to take care of the country’s energy needs for the rest of this century and more. Only a few other countries have more reserves than are found in the United States.
There is a massive drilling campaign underway within the continental U.S resulting from discovery of new shale oil fields or plays and the development of horizontal drilling techniques and fracturing. This has resulted in the production of more natural gas than the country can currently use.
The United States is in position to be free of dependence on imported oil, of smog and pollution resulting from the exhaust of diesel and gasoline powered vehicles, and relief from the high prices of gasoline and diesel at the pump. All the country needs to do is switch to natural gas to power its buses, trucks, and trains.
But America needs to wake up to the fact of these new-found riches. Switching to natural gas can put millions of people to work, put extra dollars in every motorist’s pocket and leave hundreds of billions of dollars in circulation in America instead of being sent overseas. This is not a simple task and requires legislation from Congress. It’s a job that America is able to accomplish for the benefit of the majority; however, there are powerful minority interests that block its path.
This report is about identifying the powerful minority interests that are working to block any legislation that would further putting natural gas to work to power heavy duty trucks that ply America's highways. It is a motley group of companies, institutions, and individuals that stand in the way of what is in the best interests of
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The Fight Over Using Natural Gas for Transportation - Charles Hoppins
FOREWORD
America is facing one of the biggest giveaways in its history. It possesses almost unlimited reserves of natural gas. If it used these reserves to fuel the vast fleet of heavy duty vehicles in use in the trucking industry it would be free of dependence on foreign oil and be free of smog and pollution of air resulting from the exhaust of gasoline and diesel powered vehicles. But most importantly, it would likely be free of the high prices that motorists are paying for gasoline and diesel at the pump.
But it is unlikely to happen because the powers that be with the complicity of politicians are even now building huge export facilities to ship this resource overseas.
The benefits of using natural gas for transportation far outweigh the disadvantages. This is recognized by almost everyone familiar with the industry. It is possible within a few years to have hundreds of thousands of natural gas vehicles on the road in America.
If this were to happen there would be increased competition resulting in downward pressure on the price of gasoline and diesel fuel; the trade deficit attributed to the importation of oil would be substantially decreased if not altogether eliminated; the export of petroleum products would substantially increase; the annual injection of hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy that would otherwise be sent overseas would stimulate economic activity and cause the creation of hundreds of thousands of jobs; the air would be cleaner; there would be less money funding terrorism.
This has not happened because a menagerie of special interests, private-funded institutes and organizations, certain industries and individuals, emerged to lobby and defeat legislation to make it happen.
The Fight Over Using Natural Gas for Transportation exposes the underbelly of corruption in American politics and the underhanded tactics of major players who benefit (in terms of billions of dollars) from the status quo.
SECOND-INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
THE FIGHT OVER USING
NATURAL GAS FOR
TRANSPORTATION
THE ANTAGONISTS
By Jerry Fenning & Charles Hoppins
WESTERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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PREFACE
This is the second report by Western Research Institute, Inc., on the twisted politics that have accompanied the discovery of huge natural gas reserves in the United States and the unprecedented rush to develop them. The first report was entitled How America Can Stop Importing Foreign Oil & Those Preventing It From Happening.
The end notes for this report are in Appendix 2 at the end of the ebook. A companion web site has been set up listing all the end notes so that the reader can use a computer to jump quickly to a referenced URL if he chooses to do so. Also many referenced URLs are embedded in the text so that the reader can go directly to the reference cited. One example is a list of all the 103 lobbyists on bills on the natural gas act introduced in the 112th Congress.
The web site for both reports is http://natgas-rpt.com. The full URL is http://wikiwacky.net\wrii\gasact01.
The web site of Western Research is http://wrii.org. The full URL is http://wikiwacky.net\wrii. (Google Chrome has in the past redirected the abbreviated URL to Google related web sites. Also in the past, some URLs cited were not operative.)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 THE BACKGROUND
CHAPTER 3 THE ANTAGONISTS
CHAPTER 4 THE KOCH BROTHERS
CHAPTER 5 KOCH REBUTTAL
CHAPTER 6 OTHER ANTAGONISTS
CHAPTER 7 EXPORTING NATURAL GAS
APPENDIX 1 EPILOGUE
APPENDIX