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The Shale Boom Won't Stop Climate Change; It Could Make It Worse
Lasrick writes Energy expert H-Holger Rogner walks through the realities of the shale-gas boom, the 'game-changer' that has brought about a drop in energy prices and greatly reduced carbon emissions. But despite the positive impact on carbon emissions, Rogner points out that the cheap gas brought about by fracking shale may already be affecting investments into renewable energy, nuclear energy, and energy efficiency by offering more attractive investment opportunities: 'At today's prices of $4 to $5 per million British thermal units, gas-fired electricity holds a definite competitive advantage over new nuclear construction and unsubsidized renewables.' But natural gas is still a fossil fuel that emits carbon dioxide. 'A much higher share of natural gas in the energy mix would eventually raise emissions again, especially if gas not only displaces coal but also non-fossil energy sources. Moreover, methane, the chief component of natural gas, is itself a heat-trapping greenhouse gas with 25 times the warming effect of carbon dioxide. If total methane leakage—from drilling through end use—is greater than about 4 percent, that could negate any climate benefits of switching from coal and oil to gas.'
Simply stating that anybody who cites the truth has invalidated everything he has said is nonsensical and absurd; you might not like to face reality, but that does not give you a valid reason to deny reality.
The NAZI party was the National SOCIALIST German WORKERS PARTY. Hardly some Ron Reagan/Maggie Thatcher/Ted Cruz/Sarah Palin/Barry Goldwater/etc affair. All the world's "socialist workers parties" have ALWAYS been LEFTIST. Socialism is LEFT WING. Rabble-rousing the masses is a constant of leftwing politics (remember that Obama was a "community organizer". Lenin was a rabble rouser. Union activists are always rabble rousers. Al Sharpton and the "occupy" idiots are rabble rousers - ALL left wing.
The ONLY reason anybody on Earth gets away with calling national socialists "right wing" is because the European political spectrum is so very narrow that it fits entirely between the Leftist national socialists and the further left international socialists/communists (remember: the soviet union was the "union of soviet SOCIALIST republics"). When you are so far to the left that you are left of the national socialists, then those national socialists are to your right.... but it does NOT make them "right wing" it just highlights the political narrowness of your society. Most European parties are some form of "social democrat" and they argue about very little... they generally all agree on huge governments with massive taxes and national heathcare etc but just disagree about the minutia; If there were ACTUAL right wing parties in Europe, there would be active debates about eliminating government involvement in most aspects of life and returning charity work to the churches and private charitable groups from the governments that took all those things over.
Oh, and OF COURSE Hitler lied... lies are a means to an end and all leftists believe very strongly in the philosophy of "the ends justify the means"; it's certainly not the case that non-leftists are incapable of lying, it's just that no true leftist has any philosophical reason to be honest and every political reason to lie if he can get a way with it.
Anyone who counts the Nazis as leftists has just invalidated everything they have to say, much like seriously supporting the tooth fairy. News from the real world - Hitler lied! Guess you didn't know that.
There may be a gap or two in your knowledge. Maybe three .
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell