I remember when lots of natural gas vehicles were driving around Calgary, company cars and trucks.
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This is why it's a game-changer. The majors buying shale gas also control most of the American gasoline stations which means that they can bring about the gasification of transportation fuels and power generation.
The idea of using compressed natural gas instead of gasoline was the brainchild of Calgary's Jim Gray of Canadian Hunter in the 1980s. It's inexpensive to retrofit a car to use gas and easier on engines.
But the idea went nowhere because gasoline chains weren't interested and governments weren't concerned about the environment or about the cost of oil imports.
Shale gas supporters include ExxonMobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell and ConocoPhillips and those three are the biggest gasoline station marketers in the United States.
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