Finance committee  That's a great question. Combined micro heat and power using natural gas has been looked at in Saskatchewan in a big way, putting the power generation where the demand is using natural gas. A lot of those initiatives are occurring, particularly in the U.S. The other aspect is in our own operations we're converting our drilling rigs using natural gas.

Finance committee  First of all, certainly when you start looking at the electricity regulation that's proposed and coming out, it looks at lower carbon dioxide using combined natural gas cycle generation. But clearly when you start looking at transportation, it's not only carbon dioxide, but nitrous oxide, sulphurous oxide, mercury, and particulate.

Finance committee  Good morning. With me is Wayne Geis, vice-president of strategic planning. We are very aware of the fragile global economy; hence, our submission to you is to create a new opportunity for a cleaner, more prosperous future through a natural gas transportation strategy. We're proposing using our secure natural gas resource as an alternative transportation fuel because it is abundant, affordable, and clean.