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NNadir

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2. The data from the very same agency shows that US carbon dioxide emission decreases...

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Wed May 11, 2016, 02:33 PM

May 2016

...are very much associated with increasing the use of dangerous natural gas at the expense of dangerous coal.

If you love dangerous natural gas, that's of course, good news.

If you are concerned about future generations however - admittedly not a concern of most people now living - you are merely the equivalent of an alcoholic who says he's cured because he's switched from drinking a fifth of Scotch a day to 2 or 3 six packs of beer.

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U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2015 are 12% below their 2005 levels [View all] OKIsItJustMe May 2016 OP

84 years to go... Kip Humphrey May 2016 #1

The data from the very same agency shows that US carbon dioxide emission decreases... NNadir May 2016 #2

”US carbon dioxide emission decreases associate with increasing use of … natural gas.” OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #3

The experimental danger, observed over half a century of direct experience of nuclear energy... NNadir May 2016 #4

I did not claim that nuclear power was a greater danger than fossil fuels OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #5

You didn't? Why then are you citing a trivial issue as the majority of your post? NNadir May 2016 #10

I believe you have a distorted view of reality OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #13

Uranium Mines Dot Navajo Land, Neglected and Still Perilous OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #8

Really? You're serious? Since you started this thread with great praise for the gas industry... NNadir May 2016 #9

“… great praise for the gas industry …” OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #12

On the flip side, we're emitting a LOT more methane than we thought we were NickB79 May 2016 #6

However, energy intensity is down as well OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #7

Yes, and April's global CO2 readings were up FOUR ppm from April 2015 hatrack May 2016 #11

Every little bit (and all that) OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #14