LNG inevitable for California

Longtime opponent of liquefied natural gas Tom Elias has come to the conclusion that it's coming to California, after all.

The question, apparently, may no longer be whether liquefied natural gas will be arriving soon in California, but where.

This is true even though there has never been a definitive study of whether the state needs this expensive new energy source, natural gas frozen into a liquid form in a variety of far-off foreign locations, then brought here by tanker, warmed back to a gaseous state and piped to homes and businesses.

As I see it, no study is needed. The fact that new proposals are coming out to bring LNG to California on a monthly basis these days proves that companies see the need and are willing to invest big bucks to fill it.