If you want to make sure that natural gas has a place in our energy future then here is your best chance right now ... and it ends Tuesday at Midnight.  You can be sure that those opposed to natural gas have their fingers on the keyboards ...

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NY State is asking for public comments. Usually I would not comment on another state's legislation, HOWEVER they have gotten 18 THOUSAND (18,000) comments from all over the US.  The bad news is that the negative comments are running 10-1 against natural gas.  They are allowing comments into the record from all over the US not just NY State.

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You can submit your letter through this pro-natgas site sponsored by the Petroleum Institute.  Their page is below and they have sample letters online.  If you were ever interested in promoting natural gas this is your best chance for a long time.  New York is a bellweather state and it's rules will be copied by many other states. 

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Do it today.  The deadline is midnight Tuesday (possibly Midnight Wends, but I have seen these public comment periods cut off earlier for out of staters, so send your email to them NOW.)  Here is the Energy Citizens site to send a PRO nat gas email to NY State.  Personal emails count more, but volume counts too.

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http://energycitizens.org/

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Here is the Ithica NY newspaper that carried the article about the 10,000 comments running 10-1 against us.  Don't waste time making comments on the newspaper's site - go to energycitizens.org or the dept of ny state's environmental quality.  New York is too important! Their laws will set the tone for other states.

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http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120107/NEWS01/201070339/M...|newswell|text|Local%20News|s

.  Here are a couple of paragraphs from the Ithica Journal ...

"The vast majority of comments were submitted electronically or mailed to the DEC's Albany office. Some were written by individuals acting on their own, others were part of letter-writing campaigns organized by advocacy groups in all regions of the state.

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Energy Citizens, a group funded by the American Petroleum Institute, generated hundreds of responses through its website. The group mailed a form letter to the DEC on someone's behalf when that person provided his or her name and address on the Energy Citizens website.

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One group, Brooklyn-based Frack Action, even held a handful of comment-writing parties in various parts of the state, gathering people together to jot down their concerns and mailing them en masse.

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