Transport committee  At the end-user side, I can't speak to what the end product will be going into the vehicle. That's a bit of a challenge, although unconventional gases, be it shale, tight gas, or other unconventional gases, are starting to represent a larger share of the market. I can't speak t

Transport committee  No, not at this point. On a semi-annual basis we do an evaluation of the upstream footprint of natural gas, because there's a lot of research and there's a lot of stuff in the news around the greenhouse gas footprint around unconventional gas. In collaboration with the U.S. DOE

Transport committee  Biogas?

Transport committee  It's quite sustainable when it's readily accessible as a renewable source. In situations such as a landfill or a waste water treatment plant or a dairy, where many of those emissions are already being concentrated, or in many cases by regulation have to be captured, it's very sus

Transport committee  We've looked at power generation in the past. We had a project that actually ran a very large engine in Manitoba doing power generation exploration, looking at the possibilities of running our technology. It was very successful. It was at a time when there were many energy people

Transport committee  Exactly.

Transport committee  I think it would be a very significant help to the industry.

Transport committee  I think the question around the Honda Civic would have to be addressed directly to Honda. That's my understanding from a number of gas utilities that have brought these vehicles in what they call the grey market.

Transport committee  No. The majority of our R and D investment and the majority of our research and development employees are actually here in Canada.

Transport committee  But we do research and development jointly with our partners in other jurisdictions, whether it's with Volvo in Sweden or with Weichai in China. So there is research and development per se going on in those jurisdictions as well as in the U.S., but the bulk of it is still done he

Transport committee  Given the fact that we are selling this product both on its economic merits and on its environmental merits, we've put a lot of effort into making sure that all of our engines meet the minimum requirements or limits set by biogas producers as well. So all of our engines are bio

Transport committee  It depends. For example, in some jurisdictions, it may be less costly to use biogas because of the alternative cost of the fugitive methane emissions and what they need to pay for those. It depends on what the total value proposition is for that particular project. For example,

Transport committee  It's a Honda Civic manufactured at the factory as a natural gas vehicle; it's called the Honda Civic GX

Transport committee  It is not available in Canada.

Transport committee  Because there are certain barriers that Honda has indicated to me—I can't speak on behalf of Honda—that prevent Honda from getting it into Canada without significant investment and cost.