I have seen cars and pickups with a tank. So the modification from gasoline to something not too difficult

The US is doing a lot to develop its LNG import capacity…but remains one of the only markets in the world that prices gas with gas. The author of the article is mistaken when he mentions a global LNG price. The overwhelming majority of LNG cargoes on the water are part of long term contracts indexed to OIL. At least in the short term, the US may well not need all of the capacity it is aiming to develop, but people who think that zero or even near zero emissions from energy production are achievable in the near future are simply living a pipe dream. For that reason, more capacity may well be justified. What the world natural gas industry needs is to move toward efficient market function - that means gas on gas competition and true transparency.

As for nationalized resources, I recall that Mexico did similar to Venezuela. Then the oil prices dropped and so did the services.

In general, as far as natural resource extraction goes, environmentalists should prefer a monopolistic model. The trick is getting the extra revenue generated into the right place. We could do that with a tax on the monopolist, but the simplest way is to nationalize natural resources. Then all that extra profit could be invested in clean energy technology, or whatever else you value. In Venezuela, an OPEC member governed by a socialist, that money is being used for social programs.

Viva Chavez…