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Environment & Energy

Champion Jack

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4. The Official line is that natural gas burns cleaner than coal,

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Sat Sep 14, 2013, 09:31 AM

Sep 2013

However, the extraction process is every bit as dirty if not worse than coal.
What price can you put on fresh drink drinking water for future generations?

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Desperate U.K. Turns to Shale Gas [View all] OKIsItJustMe Sep 2013 OP

This corner is starting to get a little tight. Pass me some more paint, would you? GliderGuider Sep 2013 #1

How does fracking cilla4progress Sep 2013 #2

methane is also carbon-based. cprise Sep 2013 #3

It releases much less CO2 than coal Yo_Mama Sep 2013 #5

Until you factor in methane escapes NickB79 Sep 2013 #6

Atmospheric methane concentrations have been falling Yo_Mama Sep 2013 #7

Mauna Loa is recording rapidly rising methane levels NickB79 Sep 2013 #10

Look what is happening to the troughs on your graph, ... CRH Sep 2013 #11

Your "straight line" for methane should have an inflexion point at approximately 2005 ... Nihil Sep 2013 #12

The Official line is that natural gas burns cleaner than coal, Champion Jack Sep 2013 #4

Mayb they should put more emphasis on solar, wind, tide, efficiency, and cogeneration. diane in sf Sep 2013 #8

That is a blatant lie. Nihil Sep 2013 #9