MIT Says Natural Gas Best To Lower Carbon Emissions

eldavojohn writes "This week MIT released a comprehensive, hundred-page report entitled 'The Future of Natural Gas' that outlined the many scenarios the United States faces when aiming to reduce carbon emissions. From the New York Times recap: 'The scenario goes like this, according to MIT: Nuclear power, renewable energy, and carbon capture and sequestration are relatively expensive next to gas. Conventional coal is no longer a major source of power generation in the United States. "Natural gas is the substantial winner in the electric sector: The substitution effect, mainly gas generation for coal generation, outweighs the demand reduction effect."' Will this urging help to produce a policy shift from renewable energy (like wind) to natural gas for the United States?"

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No drinking water for New York City

[Anonymous Coward]

Fracking is messing up Northern Pennsylvania right now.

And the dirtbags are trying to start it up in New York State.

Say goodbye to your drinking water!

Fracking is allowed to use *any chemicals they want, with no disclosure* pumped deep into the ground.

Re:Natural gas has one advantage over renewables

[iggie]

I've never met a Libertarian who neglected to tell me what to do.

I'm not sure you're very familiar with Ayn Rand or her cult. Or maybe its hard to see it as such unless you're looking at it from the outside.