"As a country, we are consuming more natural gas than we are finding, " says Sempra Chief Don Felsinger, adding that more infrastructure will help lower the cost of the fuel that typically sets electricity prices.
Instead of simply limiting foreign imports or adding federal taxes to fuel costs to give consumers an incentive to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles, the government instituted byzantine regulations that required American manufacturers to build (or at least market) fuel-efficient cars just so they could continue selling the cars and trucks they were already known for.
The military uses similar chemicals in its rockets, only it gets to spice up the mix a bit by adding nitroglycerine-based explosives to the fuel, making them about 20% more powerful than sophisticated hobby engines.