What’s “artificial” about it? The original article omits, and the post above minimizes, the fact that the law grants tax credits to individuals, while attacking “tax breaks to industry”

Industry will have to build infrastructure before individuals can use the gas, in most cases. So, industry will use its credits before individuals will. So what? To say it’s like “”Hey, you’re invited to a great party….on the moon” is a really poor analogy.

The Marcellus shale contains the second largest gas reserve in the world and the Utica shale, lying below it, is likely to contain the world’s largest. We have enough gas right here in this country to supply domestic needs AND a robust export trade, for many years.

If “multinational gas companies are going into the export business, for the purpose of making profits”, what’s wrong with that? Will not infrastructure development also occur with profit in mind? The delay in domestic infrastructure developement will be partly because of burdensome regulations in this country.

Interestingly, I had a conversation with a friend who lives near a natural gas line, yet she has been told that natural gas is not available as a fuel choice. She relies on propane delivery. It appears that access to natural gas may be a constraining issue as well to those hoping to qualify for tax credit returns on nat gas fueling expenditures in their garage.

One of the points of my post is that the multinational gas companies are going into the export business, for the purpose of making profits, and that this will be achieved before investment in infrastructure allows our state and our nation to be weaned from foreign oil-derived petroleum gas for private transportation needs.

I do applaud your loyalty to this blog, Mr. Blakeslee. Thank you for your comments.

Tax Credits are granted to INDIVIDUALS by WV law, not just “industry” as implied in the article. Once again, FrackCheck’s unfair anti-industry bias is displayed by its false assumption in this case.

These credits are substantial, amounting to thousands of dollars for an automobile conversion or purchase and tens of thousands for home fueling infrastructure installed at home:

CHAPTER 11. TAXATION.
ARTICLE 6D. ALTERNATIVE-FUEL MOTOR VEHICLES TAX CREDIT.

(f) “Qualified alternative fuel vehicle home refueling infrastructure” means property owned by the applicant for the tax credit located on a private residence or private home and used for storing alternative fuels and for dispensing such alternative fuels into fuel tanks of motor vehicles, including, but not limited to, compression equipment, storage tanks and dispensing units for alternative fuel at the point where the fuel is delivered or for providing electricity to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles or electric vehicles: Provided, That the property is installed and located in this state.

(c) Constructs or purchases and installs qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling infrastructure or qualified alternative fuel vehicle home refueling infrastructure that is capable of dispensing alternative fuel for alternative-fuel motor vehicles.