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hunter

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12. Coal won't be the death of us, natural gas will...

Mon Jan 27, 2020, 04:26 PM

Jan 2020

... because people falsely regard natural gas as "clean" backup power for their unsustainable renewable energy schemes.

The problem is there is more than enough natural gas in the ground to destroy whatever is left of earth's natural environment.

Hybrid gas - wind - solar systems are still a fossil fueled nightmare. They will not save the world.

The only way to quit fossil fuels is to quit fossil fuels, including natural gas.

A society powered by the wind and the sun would look nothing like the high energy industrial consumer economy many affluent people now enjoy.

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Germany Rejected Nuclear Power--and Deadly Emissions Spiked [View all] NickB79 Jan 2020 OP

I remember the Energy Forum's resident curmudgeon arguing this Vogon_Glory Jan 2020 #1

Well said. (eom) StevieM Jan 2020 #2

I had my revelation on the blue waters of the Caribbean Vogon_Glory Jan 2020 #3

The former resident curmudgeon is not gone. StevieM Jan 2020 #4

no one could have predicted this pscot Jan 2020 #5

Actually some people did Vogon_Glory Jan 2020 #6

Who, with a rudimentary understanding of electricity generation, would have not predicted this? progree Jan 2020 #7

Japan too progree Jan 2020 #8

I rarely post here anymore in "renewables will save us" land, but... NNadir Jan 2020 #9

England on the other hand Finishline42 Jan 2020 #10

Coal won't be the death of us, natural gas will... hunter Jan 2020 #12

No argument with your stance on nat gas Finishline42 Jan 2020 #13

Texas is a fracking natural gas hell hole. hunter Jan 2020 #14

And there's this re: Germany and coal Finishline42 Jan 2020 #11