Join the Clean Energy mailing list: http://www.cleanenergyfuels.com/signup.html The Natural Gas Top 10: Why It’s Today’s Best Alternative Vehicular Fuel (1) It’s Domestic: With fuel produced in North America, increasing use of Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs) reduces our foreign oil consumption, and enhances our nation’s energy security. (2) It’s Clean: Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) are two of the cleanest burning alternative fuels available. Natural gas vehicles emit up to 95% less pollution than gasoline or diesel vehicles. (3) It’s Cheaper Than Gas or Diesel: Natural gas is less expensive than petroleum, which means reduced fuel costs for NGV operators. (4) It’s Cheaper Than Hydrogen: The projected cost of hydrogen currently is in excess of $8.00 per gallon. (5) It’s Safe: Lighter-than-air compressed natural gas is nontoxic and disperses quickly. It has a higher ignition temperature than gasoline and diesel fuel, which reduces the chances of accidental ignition. (6) It’s Here — Now: Natural gas-fueled vehicles are being deployed widely today. For example, 22% of all new transit buses on order nationwide now are natural gas-powered. (7) It’s Increasingly Available: With more than 120 public fueling sites and an additional 130 private fleet fueling sites and counting, California leads the nation in ready access to vehicular natural gas. (8) It’s The Most Practical: Natural gas is the most efficient feedstock for the production of hydrogen. (9) It’s Possible To Produce Hydrogen-Natural Gas-blended Fuel: A hydrogen/natural gas blend makes good economic and environmental sense. (10) It’s Part Of An Infrastructure That’s Convertible To Hydrogen: Natural gas stations can easily be converted to hydrogen delivery due to their common properties. Download a pdf: http://www.cleanenergyfuels.com/pdf/TOP10.pdf

Dear Friend: Thank you for contacting me regarding the American Clean Energy and Security Act. I welcome your thoughts and comments. In our effort to reduce emissions, I believe we must invest in alternative sources of energy. Wind, solar, nuclear, and biomass are clean, safe and effective sources of power. Their increased use would create thousands of jobs and allow us to produce energy for Americans, by Americans. Some Members of Congress have expressed their intent to mandate a cap-and-trade policy to be imposed on all Americans. I believe that cap-and-trade would increase energy prices. In 2008, Peter Orszag, who then served as the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, and who now serves as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, testified before the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Finance on the implications of a cap-and-trade regime. In his testimony, Director Orszag stated, “Under a cap-and-trade program, firms would not ultimately bear most of the costs of the allowances but instead would pass them along to their customers in the form of higher prices.” For this reason, I believe that a cap-and-trade approach to address climate change would be onerous and would adversely impact the economy. It could create economic hardship for farmers, ranchers, workers and small businesses, in addition to consumers. The last thing our nation needs during this time of economic hardship is higher energy prices and higher levels of unemployment due to a federal mandate passed down from Washington. As cap-and-trade legislation comes before the Senate, I will keep your comments in mind. I appreciate hearing from you, and I hope you will not hesitate to keep in touch on any issue that is important to you. Sincerely, Kay Bailey Hutchison United States Senator 284 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 202-224-5922 (tel) 202-224-0776 (fax) Kay Bailey Hutchison Website