US Carbon Emissions Hit 20-Year Low

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 18, 2012 @06:48AM from the burn-some-tires-to-celebrate dept.

Freddybear writes "A recent report from the U.S. Energy Information Agency says that U.S. carbon emissions are the lowest they have been in 20 years, and attributes the decline to the increasing use of cheap natural gas obtained from fracking wells. Michael Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University, said the shift away from coal is reason for 'cautious optimism' about potential ways to deal with climate change. He said it demonstrates that 'ultimately people follow their wallets' on global warming. 'There's a very clear lesson here. What it shows is that if you make a cleaner energy source cheaper, you will displace dirtier sources,' said Roger Pielke Jr., a climate expert at the University of Colorado."

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Re:It also means... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-08-18 07:36 · Score: -1, Flamebait

We elected a socialist to lead our country. Wasn't this clear to any of you at the time?
What has been made clear recently, is that this same social democrat spinoffs are comprised mostley of racists, and if you happen to be white, you need not apply for the next government led "recovery".
I don't know if it's true that people get the government they deserve, but they will always have the government they put up with.