“If we don’t drill to provide low cost gas for the poor, then we have not done the right thing...how many single mothers, elderly and disabled can afford to spend 3-7000 dollars to revamp a cheap car that they are having trouble paying for in the first place.”
You are assuming that demand (markets) will not over time, bring about a reduction in the conversion costs, rendering it possible, as the technology and the cost of it improves (which is always the case if demand rises enough) for, eventually, even if not immediately, many more people could be able to afford the conversion costs. I am assuming the opposite; that if sufficient demand is created the costs will gradually go down.
And, contrary to your assumption about my position it is NOT one of doing nothing about oil sources in the meantime. I just don’t think that is ALL we could, or should do, for the long term. And, for the long term, markets and technology MAY bring LNG and oil “closer” in “long term” costs for a car owner, and maybe, in time, close enough to be an either-or proposition for lots of people. If the LNG option, or others are discouraged, “drill now” alone will leave the tank empty eventually.
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I have NEVER been a drill only person. If you look up my past posts on this subject you should find I am a do EVERYTHING person. How you got that from my post is unbelievable. I was only speaking to the fact that not all areas of the USA have access to a lot of Natural Gas. As for the price to revamp coming down, it doesn’t matter if the availability of the natural gas is not there.
If you can get natural gas..then do it. I don’t have that access, since my home is electric like 90% of homes in my ares. That was the major point of my answer. Drilling is necessary for a certain amount of people, but for the others ALL ALTERNATIVES should be done. Any “alternative” must be mass produced, and massive amounts of places to refuel are necessary to travel from one area to another, to make it viable and reasonable in cost to the normal person...so we need gas in the meantime. Being a hothead about this accomplishes nothing!