Versatility of Natural Gas

In hindsight, ideally, if the Obama administration had taken that TARP or stimulus money and put it to work on natural gas conversion, we would be in better shape today. In January 2009, the new administration could have sat down with the troubled automobile manufacturers and told them, first, that the government was going to bail them out by giving them money to stabilize their situation and, second, that all new cars must be built to run 

Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy and Industry, 1990-2008 

Fuel Type/Process Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons Carbon Dioxide)  

Source USEIA, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases Report, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC, 2009 (www.eia.gov/oiaf/1605/ggrpt/carbon.html). 

Combustion Emissions (Pounds/Billion Btu of Energy Input) 

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