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0 pointsknodi12310y ago0 comments

> the problem is we shouldn't be burning natural gas

Agreed, in the long term. But we have to get there from here, and I think that a clean-burning resource like gas is probably the lowest priority problem on our long list of disgusting energy issues.

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zxcvcxz10y ago· 1 in thread

But we don't need to frack to obtain natural gas. It seems to me the only reason to frack is because we plan to use every bit of easily obtainable natural gas, which probably isn't good for the environment.

knodi123OP10y ago

> because we plan to use every bit of easily obtainable natural gas, which probably isn't good for the environment

It isn't good for the environment, but it's better for the environment than any other non-renewable resource.

It's not that we shouldn't try to reduce dependence on natural gas, or reduce waste, or reduce consumption- it's that anybody picking on natural gas specifically, would produce far better results for the environment by focusing their efforts on coal or oil.

toomuchtodo10y ago

I agree it must be done. But who is going to enforce it? Conservatives have been extremely haphazard in letting tight oil producers due what they want, environment be damned.

If someone gets into office with a big enough stick, it might get solved.

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