THE AUSTRALIAN Trucking Association (ATA) is urging transport companies to support plans for a $150 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in south-west Victoria.
A group of councils, government agencies and a gas company are pushing for the construction of a liquefaction plant and sell the gas to refuelling stations.
ATA spokesman Bill McKinley says it is a visionary idea because diesel prices will skyrocket if the Federal Government introduces an emissions trading scheme.
He says it will be cheaper to run trucks on LNG because it does not produce as much carbon emissions.
The group behind the proposal, the South West Sustainability Partnership, needs investment for the project to proceed.
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