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U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R) and Carl Levin (D) naturally get it wrong. Two busy buddies in search of a solution where there is no problem.
Just read “Fill 'er Up—With Natural Gas Fill 'er Up—With Natural Gas\How Congress can encourage vehicles that run on America's fuel.” (subscription required).
Senators Don’t Understand Free Enterprise and Markets
Some excerpts (emphasis added):
“Our legislation would expand regulatory incentives to produce alternative-fuel vehicles …”
“to allow alternative-fuel vehicles to use high-occupancy-vehicle lanes on highways without passenger restrictions”
[As someone who can probably not afford such a vehicle or would not buy such a vehicle I find this proposal offensive and unjust!]
“Under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, automakers can receive bonus credits toward their CAFE obligations for producing alternative-fuel vehicles.”
CAFE Should Be Abolished Instantly
This is an unconstitutional program created by Soviet like central planners in Washington DC. For the rest of the world it is unfathomable how such a socialist monster could be implemented in the U.S.
Senators Inhofe and Levin are so gracious to create new hand outs within this program. Marvelous!
Reality Check For Senators
Senators Inhofe and Levin claim their is a chicken and egg problem here, i.e. there are insufficient gas stations available yet for natural gas. The private sector can easily take care of this if politicians keep these environmentalists in check and remove regulatory obstacles.
I have recently read that large private trucking companies are already planning to convert some of their fleet from gasoline/diesel fuel to natural gas. And this is probably only the beginning. Here is a recent article from the Wall Street Journal titled “UPS to Invest $70 Million in Propane for U.S. Fleet
If natural gas is a viable fuel for private businesses they will come and develop it.
Senators will you get out of the way and let free markets work. They work best without you!
