February 2010

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times.Our energy leaders in Washington D.C. should be listening to the fleet managers of North America. Their consistent message is equality among alternative fuels and leadership with respect to national energy security goals. Fleet managers want to decide what works best for their own fleet needs and corporate stewardship goals.

In numerous environmental reports, blogs and studies will tout XX percent reduction in GHG, or XX percent reduction in NOx, or XX decrease in NMHC, etc.What does that really mean?To provide some perspective, I plugged those numbers in for a North American fleet that currently is deploying ROUSH CleanTech propane autogas vehicles —Frito-Lay.

I’m a sports fanatic.Nothing gets me going more than a great team making that late inning, quarter, period, round comeback, such as these plays:

In a recent visit to Washington D.C., I heard a common theme from both the Senate and the House. Again and again they repeated, “Alternative fuels must be able to sustain deployment without government incentives.”Guess what, Congress? I agree wholeheartedly! If our great nation is going to tackle the federal deficit, we need to be able to operate our vehicles without the constant support of our government.

I was recently invited to participate in a panel discussion titled “Autogas is the Future of North America.” The discussion will take place at the World Liquid Propane Gas Association (WLPGA)’s North American – European Summit in Washington, D.C. on February 9th.

I’m known as a propane autogas or compressed natural gas guy, which is fine with me.Recently I met with the CEO of a major electric company, who surprised me because he started our conversation by saying, “Please tell me you are developing an alternative energy technology that isn’t electric based.”

It’s been talked about. It’s been debated. I blogged about it a month ago.And, it’s going to sting.Global demand for oil, coupled with strained supply, finally is driving gas prices in the United States to levels previously only experienced by other countries.