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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Why Natural Gas Won’t Save the World

Why Natural Gas Won’t Save the World

We keep hearing about the many benefits of natural gas–how burning it releases less CO2 than oil or coal, and how it burns with few impurities, so does not have the pollution problems of coal. We also hear about the possibilities of releasing huge amounts of new natural gas supplies, through the fracking of shale gas. Reported reserves for natural gas also seem to be quite high, especially in the Middle East and the Former Soviet Union.But I think that people who are counting on natural gas to solve the world’s energy problems are “counting…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Why-Natural-Gas-Wont-Save-the-World.html

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