Alternative Fuels and Common Sense

As you walk around the streets of Bangkok or are out driving pay attention to the trucks and semis. I have noticed that more and more of them appear to be running on gas. I even saw a prime mover with a bunch of gas tanks strapped to the back. Ignoring the safety implications Thailand seems to be getting smarter when it comes to using 'alternative' fuels.

Switch back to Australia where they are selling their natural gas supplies for a tiny fraction of what people pay for it at the pump. To the best of my knowledge no semis use it and not that many drivers do so.

If you have a resource that could use to reduce your dependence on foreign oil reserves why not use it? At least stop selling it off for such a ridiculously low price. Less than ten cents a litre to China for example.

Some strange senator in the US has declared that the US should not build any more coal and nuclear power plants. Coal is still the cheapest power for both Australia and the US so why would you try to drive up the prices of power in a bad economy? It has been demonstrated time and time again that so called 'alternative' power sources end up doing more damage e.g. palm oil, cost too much in precious resources like water to create e.g. ethanol or cannot supply enough power, e.g. wind farms.

Isn’t it time we started being sensible and using common sense rather than rushing off in the wrong directions. I am all for alternative power, as long as it makes economic and power sense.