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CO2 is not a problem. It occurs naturally on earth, and plants consume it. Volcanoes, and other natural occurrences emit tons of CO2. No government energy tax, energy use surcharge, or "green" alternative will stop that.
We have so much natural gas, and oil that we can sell all our coal overseas if we wanted. Fossil fuels powers our planet, and also allows the manufacturer of all those items everyone likes. Wind, and solar are meaningless in the big picture.
What about fracking? Why is no one complaining about the harm it is doing, yet all over the coal industry? I really don't understand this. Is it because Trump mentioned coal mining when campaigning and bringing back those jobs, while Hillary said she was going to put them out of work?
Fracking is destroying the earth, yet all I hear is complaints about coal.
I didn't hear that many complaints about coal until Trump was talking about it.
Prove to me that coal is more destructive than fracking.
It is my belief that this is more about Trump than clean coal or not. Also, bundles of money are being made from fracking (destroying our earth and water), yet only Bernie Sanders was discussing that and says it should be banned and I agree: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...ates/83198896/
Nuclear is a terrible choice, not the least of which is there are these giant casks of radioactive material sitting on concrete pads near every major waterway in the nation.
What about fracking? Why is no one complaining about the harm it is doing, yet all over the coal industry? I really don't understand this. Is it because Trump mentioned coal mining when campaigning and bringing back those jobs, while Hillary said she was going to put them out of work?
Fracking is destroying the earth, yet all I hear is complaints about coal.
I didn't hear that many complaints about coal until Trump was talking about it.
Prove to me that coal is more destructive than fracking.
It is my belief that this is more about Trump than clean coal or not. Also, bundles of money are being made from fracking (destroying our earth and water), yet only Bernie Sanders was discussing that and says it should be banned and I agree: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...ates/83198896/
Here is what our own EPA says about Fracking.
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Natural gas plays a key role in our nation's clean energy future. The U.S. has vast reserves of natural gas that are commercially viable as a result of advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies enabling greater access to gas in shale formations. Responsible development of America's shale gas resources offers important economic, energy security, and environmental benefits.
EPA is working with states and other key stakeholders to help ensure that natural gas extraction does not come at the expense of public health and the environment. The Agency's focus and obligations under the law are to provide oversight, guidance and, where appropriate, rulemaking that achieve the best possible protections for the air, water and land where Americans live, work and play.
The Agency is investing in improving our scientific understanding of hydraulic fracturing, providing regulatory clarity with respect to existing laws, and using existing authorities where appropriate to enhance health and environmental safeguards.
We all want energy independence from countries that are not friendly towards us, like those in the Middle East, right? This, and the extraction of our HUGE oil finds, domestically, will allow that.
That's what's known as the "Idiocracy Argument" for doing nothing about CO2 emissions.
In other words, "Carbon Dioxide...It's What Plants Crave!"
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