Pickens Praises U.S. Conference of Mayors for Bipartisan Support of NAT GAS Act

DALLAS--T. Boone Pickens today released the following statement in response to resolutions issued by the U.S. Conference of Mayors calling for the enactment of the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act (NAT GAS Act: H.R. 1835, S. 1408).

“The U.S. Conference of Mayors added another layer of bipartisan support for the increased use of natural gas as a transportation fuel, issuing a resolution calling for the enactment of the NAT GAS Act. I applaud this group for recognizing the many benefits of using natural gas in transportation, including that it is cleaner, cheaper and can stimulate jobs and the economy. The United States is wasting billions of dollars each month on foreign oil and the U.S. Conference of Mayors sees the NAT GAS Act as a solution to embrace our own natural resource and keep that money right here in our country.

“America is still waiting for the energy plan it is has been promised for more than 40 years. But no energy plan will be complete unless it focuses on transportation, which is 70 percent of our foreign oil problem. I’m for American resources, and natural gas in heavy duty fleet applications leads the way in using a clean, abundant and domestic resource to replace dirty foreign oil.

“As President Obama continues to stress his commitment to achieving an energy plan with bipartisan support, the U.S. Conference of Mayors is proof that this initiative has widespread acceptance among Republicans and Democrats. Congress should follow this bipartisan group’s lead and pass legislation that encourages the greater use of natural gas as a transportation fuel in heavy duty and fleet vehicles.�??

The U.S. Conference of Mayors’ resolutions can be found here: http://www.usmayors.org/resolutions/78th_Conference/adoptedresolutionsfull.pdf.

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Unveiled on July 8, 2008 by T. Boone Pickens, the Pickens Plan is a detailed solution for ending the United States’ growing dependence on foreign oil. That year, when oil prices reached $140/barrel, America was spending about $700 billion for foreign oil, equaling the greatest transfer of wealth in history. That figure has decreased some while oil prices have retreated, but the U.S. is still dependent on foreign nations for nearly 70 percent of its oil, representing a continuing national security and national economic threat. The plan calls for expanding the use of domestic renewable resources, such as wind and solar, in power generation and using our abundant supplies of natural gas as a transportation fuel alternative to OPEC oil.

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