question that you had was doesn't that gap that three ratio in the etu cost of oils -- btu cost of oils, ursus natural case,nt crude, in that versus gas production in the u.s., doesn't that lead to incentive for further penetration of natural gas into markets that historically been held by your oil? the answer to that is yes. keep in mind that since it is mostly in the transportation sector, certainly in the u.s., we're seeing the substitution taking place over time. getting the infrastructure in place to be able to use lng and compressed gas in the u.s. takes time. so the growth rates are likely to be slow, could accelerate as infrastructure begins to get built out. this is the first year, by the way, of the energy outlook -- the first year that we have incorporated a forecast for marine and rail use of natural gas, likely to be in the form of lng. we know there are a number of shipbuilders and rail companies who are looking at this right now. >> good morning. david from congressman -- office. i had a question on your ethanol data there. the question is, if there was a demand or consumption i

question that you had was doesn't that gap, that three ratio in the etu cost of oils -- btu cost of oils, ursus natural gas production in the u.s., doesn't that lead to incentive for further penetration of natural gas into markets at his -- that have historically been held by your oil? the answer to that is yes. keep in mind that since it is mostly in the transportation sector, certainly in the u.s., we're seeing the substitution taking place over time. getting the infrastructure in place to be able to use lng and compressed gas in the u.s. takes time. so the growth rates are likely to be slow, could accelerate as infrastructure begins to get built out. this is the first year that we have incorporated a forecast for marine and rail use of natural gas, likely to be in the form of lng. we know there are a number of shipbuilders and rail companies who are looking at this right now. >> good morning. thank you for coming this morning. i had a question on your ethanol data there. the question is, if there was a demand or consumption increase, given the reduction of vmt and the current regulation with

. -- it is thengeles los angeles police ursus pedestrians. the l.a.ice department these days is training its sights on jaywalkers. "dragnet," but the police department has issued tickets to those illegally crossing the streets. the crackdown is raising questions on whether the authorities are taking sides with the auto material at the very time -- with the automobile at the time when pedestrian inture is taking off downtown los angeles. the enforcement has struck many of the pedestrians. as more than a little one sided and strict. when a bartender stepped off the curb a few blinks after the don't walk countdown, he was issued a ticket for $197. "i did not even know what was against the law, i was like you are the police and this is what you are doing?" jeff, 49 years old, a bankruptcy lawyer who works downtown. he said he crossed the street on the way to court when there was not a car in sight. he was stopped and given a ticket. onestly, i cuss them out and told him it was a waste of time. " that is just a little bit from "the new york times" this mor

everyone has an idea as to why you should come to my state ursus this other state.hat is happening among nations too. we do not see it as much here, because we do not choose to compete that way. i think we should. your inputt to get as a former michigan governor on this story. sharesernment sells gm what it is out of the car to business -- and is out of the car business. you, was this a good deal for the united states? became a necessary deal given the precarious state of the date -- the economy at the time. this really overlapped to residents, -- two p it started in the bush administration and then continued on into the obama administration. they found themselves with very limited options. overin -- we tend to gloss the effect of rugged layering -- of regulatory up process about because the burden put on them first is the burdens faced by the competitors are much more. i'm not too going to suggest the auto industry did not create a lot of its own problems, i love people who watched it for years worried that there were a lot of --llenges that were being were not bei