Domestic Natural Gas Fuels A Cleaner Environment

So sayeth friend of the blog Michael James Barton.

But even if definitive evidence linking extreme weather events with global temperature gains eventually emerges, natural gas production shouldn’t be seen as a contributor to the problem — it’s a solution. Expanding natural gas production can itself help curb global climate change. Gas is a much cleaner-burning energy source than oil or coal.

So says the U.S. Energy Information Administration, which estimates that natural gas only emits half as much carbon dioxide and one-third the amount of nitrogen oxide as coal. Vehicles powered by natural gas produce 30 percent less greenhouse gas emissions than those using gasoline or diesel.

Freeing up natural gas production across the country would hasten the economy’s transition to this cleaner-burning fuel source and help reduce national carbon emissions.

Natural gas has already helped our economy and environment immensely. Instead of merely giving lip service, national lawmakers need to take concrete steps to end the de-facto government harassment of these employers who are trying to create jobs. It’s time to do away with unproven, emotion-based theories and start supporting an industry that’s already shown its value to America.

You can read the entire piece here.

posted by BenK at 09:24 AM

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