Oil prices have jumped through the roof. A solution which is technologically feasible and easy to quickly implement is a transition to natural gas. Honda makes a decent CNG car. The problem is that there’s no places to buy it. So, how does Government get people to front the risk capital to implement this strategy. You create tax incentives to implement the strategy. But wait, we have a budget crisis and this will reduce tax revenues. The answer is that it depends. CNG carries an excise tax so the incentives can be revenue neutral. Incentives can be packaged in short depreciation, tax credit plans which could create risk capital necessary to implement a national policy. With a system of credits, rapid depreciation, people will get their risk capital back rather quickly in the form of tax incentives. This allows them to invest with impunity to create the infrastructure needed to create a market. The problem of course is that no one wants to take the lead on such a policy.