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Just wondering. Should an energy producer like Consol Energy be forced to keep their money in coal when they prefer gas? Why the war on natural gas? Natural Gas Brings Growth for CONSOL Energy Inc
The war on energy companies are just rhetoric that complain because they don't want to convert towards a cleaner idea because it costs "too much money to do so."
Losing 18% of production over the next 16 years shouldn`t be the end of the world. We know what happened to the steel industry in a very short time and Pittsburgh survived and that was without gas jobs to fall back on.
What's the official position now?
We view natural gas as a significant source of air and water pollution and greenhouse-gas emissions. In addition to its large climate footprint, the extraction of natural gas is having a big impact on rural communities, state forests, and the landscapes that we've worked hard to protect. Our primary goal is still to retire coal plants as quickly as possible and replace them with genuinely clean energy like solar and wind. Investing in gas actually hinders deployment of wind and solar, so we want to leapfrog gas as we move to a clean-energy future.
What about recent studies that suggest that the extraction and burning of natural gas has a bigger impact on climate change than coal does?
They're alarming. Studies in places like the Marcellus Shale and Colorado have shown that the greenhouse emissions from natural gas are much, much worse than originally thought. Unfortunately, there isn't yet a comprehensive empirical analysis of the full carbon footprint of gas. So the Sierra Club—along with almost every other environmental group—is calling for a full study that documents those emissions and the extent to which they can be controlled or avoided altogether.
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I got called a liar over that?
"What difference does it make?"
Lol...have it your way man.
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