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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What.....and no government mandate by bricko · 2012-08-18 07:08 · Score: 0, Troll

Now, this ruins the whole leftist meme.....no government involvement....this cant be happening, waa, waa, waa. Mayor Bloomberg will be quite unhappy. And look at the carbon trading disaster hitting EU and its silliness. Skyrocketing prices in a marker saturated with energy....heh. Just now starting to frak in parts of EU. Finding massive amounts.....oops. Imagine market at work....
Re:It also means... by bmo · 2012-08-18 08:34 · Score: 0, Troll

the true nature of this racist socialist foreigner has been revealed
Being dumbass and a birther is no way to go through life, son.
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BMO