In order to (1) provide a greater number of market options for fuel, (2) help prevent gasoline price spiking due to state blend requirements and refinery down times, (3) improve air quality, and (4) create new job opportunities for Californians, California should enact an open fuel standard as follows: (a) Requirements – Each manufacturer’s fleet of…

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Image via Wikipedia USGS Fact Sheet FS–021–01 dated March 2001, Natural Gas Hydrates—Vast Resource, Uncertain Future, in part, states that “[g]as hydrates represent a hazard to conventional oil and gas production. In the Gulf of Mexico, oil and gas exploration is extending into water depths where gas hydrates occur at the sea floor. Pumping hot…

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