MIT Singles Out Natural Gas as Energy Bridge

“GAS REALLY IS A BRIDGE TO THE LOW CARBON FUTURE.”
– Ernie Moniz,
Director, MIT Energy Initiative

The advent of a carbon-constrained energy and transportation economy is destined to increase demand for and use of domestic natural gas. That is the opinion of a group of energy experts whose study was released by MIT last week. The study recognizes the importance of natural gas a bridge, “although no one could say the length of the bridge or what the off-ramp might look like.”

This opinion is in concert with the core precepts of the Pickens Plan, which recognizes the opportunities presented by renewable forms of electricity in the long term while seizing on the abundance of clean, cheap, domestic natural gas today:

Currently, domestic natural gas is primarily used to generate electricity. It has the advantage of being cheap and significantly cleaner than coal, but this is not the only use of our natural gas resources.

By aggressively moving to shift America’s car, light duty, and heavy truck fleets from imported gasoline and diesel to domestic natural gas we can lower our need for foreign oil – helping President Obama reach his goal of zero oil imports from the Middle East within ten years.

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