H.R. 1835 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage alternative energy investments and job creation.
Detailed Summary
New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an excise tax credit through 2027 for alternative fuels and fuel mixtures involving compressed or liquefied natural gas; (2) allow an income tax credit through 2027 for alternative fuel motor vehicles powered by compressed or liquefied natural gas; (3) modify the tax credit percentage for alternative fuel vehicles fueled by natural gas or liquefied natural gas; (4) allow a new tax credit for the production of vehicles fueled by natural gas or liquefied natural gas; and (5) extend through 2027 the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures for refueling property relating to compressed or liquefied natural gas and allow an increased credit for such property.
Requires 50% of all new vehicles purchased or placed in service by the U.S. government by December 31, 2014, to be capable of operating on compressed or liquefied natural gas.
Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make grants to manufacturers of light and heavy duty natural gas vehicles for the development of engines that reduce emissions, improve performance and efficiency, and lower cost.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 4/6/2009: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
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Visitor Comments
Tom B.
April 3, 2009, 3:15pm (report abuse)We need to put people back to work. Let's do it by building a new infrastructure for a new form of travel. It will help the environment and help ease our reliance on foreign oil. It is also a step towards building an infrastructure for hydrogen as natural gas pumps can be easily converted to hydrogen when the time comes. So we would be getting a 2 for 1 as we will not be able to convert current gasoline stations without a lot of work.
Rob P
April 21, 2009, 3:51pm (report abuse)No one has a plan other than Pickens. WE have to start somewhere. Who knows energy better than someone who is energy? Be realistic, not in dreamland. Russia, China, ROW are leaping ahead as we risk our National Security. Green is a migration, not a conversion.
Larry C
April 28, 2009, 10:57pm (report abuse)CNG will enable America to use US produced energy to displace Mideast produced crude oil immediately. It is 90% cleaner than gas and diesel. We dont have to wait for other alternative fuel experiments, CNG works in over a 1 million cars on the road today.
Mike, Redwood City, CA
July 10, 2009, 12:39pm (report abuse)This is really a dumb idea. Conversion is expensive, natural gas is an expensive fuel, and it fluctuates wildly in price (from $3 to $17 per MM BTU, averaging $10, in the last 10 years). By comparison, oil is now about $10 per MM BTU. Not knowing the future price of an already expensive fuel is no way to run an economy.
Companies already want to import LNG (liquid natural gas) from ... tadaaa ... OPEC ! We don't like OPEC; stop giving them our money.
Natural gas is not renewable, so using it in vehicles accelerates its depletion.
Natural gas is 76% carbon by weight, so it's almost as bad as coal and oil, which are 85 - 95 % carbon by weight.
We don't want any of this nonsense.
Let's switch to biofuels for vehicles:
- Cheap
- Clean
- Domestic
- Reliable
- Secure
- Renewable
We'll have to do it anyway after the oil and gas are expensive and gone. Let's get moving to biofuels NOW, which is not that far in the future.
steve, dallas
July 16, 2009, 11:26am (report abuse)The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calculated the potential benefits of CNG versus gasoline based on the inherently cleaner-burning characteristics of natural gas, summarized in Clean Alternative Fuels: Compressed Natural Gas (PDF 76 KB). Download Adobe Reader.
* Reduces carbon monoxide emissions 90%-97%
* Reduces carbon dioxide emissions 25%
* Reduces nitrogen oxide emissions 35%-60%
* Potentially reduces non-methane hydrocarbon emissions 50%-75%
* Emits fewer toxic and carcinogenic pollutants
* Emits little or no particulate matter
* Eliminates evaporative emissions
steve, dallas
July 16, 2009, 11:39am (report abuse)Gasoline (Regular)
$2.02
$1.86
$0.16
per gallon
Diesel
$2.27
$2.44
$ (0.17)
per gallon
CNG
$1.64
$1.63
$0.01
per GGE
Ethanol (E85)
$1.88
$1.81
$0.07
per gallon
Propane
$2.58
$2.73
$ (0.16)
per gallon
Biodiesel (B20)
$2.49
$2.67
$ (0.18)
per gallon
Biodiesel (B2-B5)
$2.28
$2.45
$ (0.17)
per gallon
Biodiesel (B99-B100)
$3.27
$3.47
$ (0.20)
per gallon
Boba
October 7, 2009, 3:00pm (report abuse)The USA has an over supply of natural gas now and gobs of it in Alaska and the USA Arctic continental shelf, as does the Canadian Yukon and Arctic territories. Let's start building some pipe lines pronto!
mark conway
March 25, 2010, 3:26am (report abuse)Im here in OZ and wish our govt would follow suit.We are sending a fortune to oil producers o/s as our domestic supply is running out..no big ,new discoveries..But the gas industry is booming..plenty of it.Lets hope its price will drop with supply.