It began with Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens' proposal to move natural gas use from power generation to the transportation sector. Now both Republicans and Democrats are jumping on the bandwagon.
Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) have both introduced legislation that would offer tax credits and other incentives to gas stations that offer natural gas as a fuel, as well as tax breaks to automakers to build the cars that would run on it.
Proponents of switching to natural gas as an automotive fuel point out that the price is about half that of gasoline and it burns much cleaner. Natural gas emits about one-third fewer emissions than regular gasoline.
This is the point where an independent media must say: Not so fast.