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To: jrhana who wrote (122667)	7/21/2009 9:00:13 AM
From: jrhana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206201

Incidentally Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has come out strongly in favor of NG over coal <How to end America’s deadly coal addiction Converting rapidly from coal-generated energy to gas is President Barack Obama’s most obvious first step towards saving our planet and jump-starting our economy. A revolution in natural gas production over the past two years has left America awash with natural gas and has made it possible to eliminate most of our dependence on deadly, destructive coal practically overnight – and without the expense of building new power plants.> Message 25796941 And he has credentials as an environmental lawyer and activist Message 25797595 <RFK Jr -President Obama should go to Appalachia> Message 25797605

To: jrhana who wrote (122667)	7/21/2009 4:16:00 PM
From: axial	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206201

Infrastructure, exactly... everybody is jumping on the NG bandwagon but it's going to take time. Up-front capex requirement for greenfield NG is large; Brownfield expansion isn't cheap either. In both cases new supply lines and trenching are required. Payback requires assured supply and demand so that costs can be amortized over sufficient time: fast payback distorts price making the product uneconomic to end users. Vehicular requirements (NG injection into diesel/gas or pure) require larger tanks, and usually dual-fuel adapters, because NG simply isn't ubiquitous. To make NG ubiquitous (as gasoline) will demand a huge investment. NG vehicles in closed buildings/garages present risks which must be addressed. Not to say these things can't be done, but it certainly won't be easy or fast. Jim