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Boren introduces natural gas for cars incentive
Former Longview resident, U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, on Tuesday co-introduced legislation he hopes will increase the use of natural gas vehicles in the United States over the next 10 years.
Boren, D-Muskogee, Okla., serving the 2nd Congressional District of Oklahoma, joined Democratic Caucus Chairman, U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Chicago, Ill., in introducing legislation to provide incentives to consumers to purchase natural gas vehicles, for automakers to manufacture natural gas vehicles in America and service stations to install the infrastructure necessary to fuel natural gas vehicles.
Boren grew up in Longview and is a 1992 graduate of Trinity School of Texas. He is the son of the late Janna L. Robbins and stepson of John Clinton Robbins, who still lives in Longview. He is the son of David Boren, president of the University of Oklahoma, former governor and U.S. senator from Oklahoma.
“By fully utilizing our nation’s vast natural gas resources, we have a real opportunity to make a positive and sweeping impact on our energy and economic future,” Boren said. “Coming from a producing state, I believe this legislation will spur economic growth and job creation.”
By providing an array of incentives, the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions, or NAT GAS Act, establishes a framework for achieving the goal of increasing the percentage of natural gas vehicles on the road to 10 percent of all vehicles by 2018, he said.
“Most importantly, it will increase the nation’s energy independence while providing hard-working Americans with a cheaper, cleaner alternative to the rising cost of gasoline,” Boren said. There are also provisions that greatly encourage market development so that current and future natural gas vehicle owners have more locations that serve their vehicles.
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