Testimonials

What Others Are Saying � New Natural Gas Technologies to Boost Consumption & Transform Economy About Natural Gas "Kroger strongly believes that natural gas is the choice fuel for the future. Combined with emerging technologies, such as distributed generation, natural gas competes and compares very favorably with electricity. Plus, with competitive gas markets largely in place nationwide and the electricity industry struggling with deregulation, we find it easier and more convenient to purchase and use natural gas. Clean - safe - inexpensive - that's natural gas�and that's good for Kroger and its customers nationwide." Dennis George, Energy Manager, The Kroger Company "For quality performance and reduced maintenance and operating costs, we use natural gas for all our energy needs. Of our 414 stores nationwide, there's just one that doesn't rely on natural gas for its major energy needs. We use gas for our cooking equipment, including fryers, as well as gas steamers and kettle. We also use natural gas for heating and water heating because of cost and, more importantly, reliability." Gary Lees Regional Facilities Manager BOB EVANS FARM "Currently Tricon uses natural gas for a variety of functions, but primarily for cooking equipment, water heating and building heating. As gas technologies become more prevalent and less expensive to purchase, Tricon believes that future natural gas equipment will provide restaurants with many additional opportunities over electricity due to its reliability and inexpensiveness." Marcus Fister Energy Procurement and Services Manager Tricon Global Restaurants (KFCs, Pizza Huts and Taco Bells) About "Fueling the Future" "Washington Policy and Analysis produced a report called Fueling the Future, for the American Gas Foundation. It points to the vast potential in technologies like fuel cells and micro-turbines that enable highly efficient use of gas directly for powering homes, offices, factories and stores." Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK) Chairman Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee "Long-term trends in ever-increasing energy efficiency have put the United States at the threshold of a methane economy. With vigorous development and application of technology, the ample natural gas resource base of the nation can be converted to producible reserves at attractive costs and in volumes sufficient to meet a much enlarged demand, thus allowing us to realize the tremendous benefits of a methane economy." Dr. William Fisher Professor of geological sciences and interim director of the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin; member of the "Fueling the Future" editorial review board "The ancient Jewish people told of the gift of manna that rained down from heaven to give them sustenance in the wilderness. Modern man benefits from another substance, partly cosmic in origin and partly stored up in the earth for many millennia through photosynthesis and anaerobic digestion. This modern manna is natural gas. It is of such high quality that, through using advanced technology, it can provide energy services and useful chemicals at a very high efficiency and low environmental costs." Dr. John H. Gibbons Karl T. Compton lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and senior fellow at the National Academy of Engineering; member of the "Fueling the Future" editorial review board "Natural gas provides a strong front line defense against global climate change. Natural gas is a vital bridge between today's energy mix, dominated by coal-fired central power stations and gasoline-powered cars, and our energy future, where hydrogen, fuel cells and renewable energy resources will meet our energy needs. Greater use of natural gas, and better total energy efficiency, can reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next few decades and buy the time still needed for new energy technologies to mature." Dr. Nancy Kete Director of Climate, Energy and Pollution program at World Resources Institute; member of the "Fueling the Future" editorial review board "This study makes a compelling and well-reasoned case for expanding the role natural gas plays in the U.S. energy economy, the means by which this can be achieved and the advantages of doing so. "Especially noteworthy is the emphasis on 'total energy efficiency,' or TEE, as the most practical and effective means of achieving a significant (17%) increase in the natural gas component of a 'clean energy portfolio.' From my own experience at Ontario Hydro, I strongly support the case the WPA study makes for TEE and its benefits in both environmental and economic terms. "I also applaud the emphasis the study places on the economic and security benefits of a major increase in the role of natural gas for meeting domestic energy needs." Maurice Strong Chairman of the Earth Council and senior advisor to the United Nations and the World Bank; member of the "Fueling the Future" editorial review board What the Media Are Saying "Fuel cell fever has spread to some normally staid utilities, sending their stocks soaring as investors snap up shares in what many see as the power source of the future. Fuel cells, which proponents say will eventually provide power for everything from cellular phones to automobiles and homes, generate power electrochemically from hydrogen or methane without combustion. "Commercial applications of fuel cell technology are still two to four years away, but investors are banking on future potential in the same way that they poured funds into money-losing Internet stocks, analysts said." Nigel Hunt Reuters, Jan. 21, 2000 "Investors have been piling into a handful of utility stocks, charged up by, of all things, their Internet-related and technology investments. "Investors have focused on moves by these companies into fuel cells that make electricity through an electrochemical process, new solar power materials or Internet-based service companies. "So it has come to this: The Internet is transforming even lowly utilities, the stodgy stock-market sector that investors for so long have loved to ignore." Rebecca Smith "Utility Stocks Get a Charge from Internet," The Wall Street Journal, Feb., 8, 2000