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Permalink Reply by Bacon on December 15, 2011 at 7:33

Great article.  I wondered where the opposition was getting their money.  Now you just expose their connections to coal and/or power generation and your set.  But I gotta say that I find it hard to believe that big oil couldn't outspend them on a propaganda campaign if they really wanted to.

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Permalink Reply by Hopeful About Natural Gas on December 15, 2011 at 10:21

Bacon.

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In Europe it's the nuclear plants who have the advantage and are funding opposition to natagas. However, in America it's King Coal.

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Coal has one big advantage - feet on the street - thousands of citizen lobbyists who work in the coal mines or have family members who do.  Remember that these union members go back several generations, so they have power that Big Oil cannot match.  Plus, Coal is located on the East Coast, in the major population and political power centers.

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I am sorry to be so down about this - but I was yelling two years ago that we were losing the PR battle on natgas.  Keep in mind that natgas is SMALL in comparison to oil and coal.  Plus, most of the companies are independents and few are unionized. I am not arguing for unions here, just pointing out the power of money and boots) When you are in a political fight with people who have BOTH money and feet then the one with just money or just feet will lose.

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Permalink Reply by P.G. on December 15, 2011 at 13:03

The worst thing for coal is for nat gas to be so cheap....NG prices might go up if it were seriously marketed for transportation fuel making NG too expensive to use it for electricity..no one wants higher electric bills..

Of course that would give petroleum a run for it's money.

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