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Peak Oil

Spider Jerusalem

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3. How is cheap natural gas a plus for the environment?

Reply to Nasty Jack (Original post)

Mon Mar 11, 2013, 03:42 PM

Mar 2013

It releases CO2, as well, just less of it than gasoline, diesel fuel and coal; it's marginally "greener" by some metrics but it's a hell of a long way from carbon neutral (and replacing coal with natural gas for electric power generation would have the same longterm climate effects).

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Enough oil no longer the problem [View all] Nasty Jack Mar 2013 OP

Fracking does not produce cheap natural gas Champion Jack Mar 2013 #1

Think you're wrong Nasty Jack Mar 2013 #2

Wikipedia? Are you fucking serious? Champion Jack Mar 2013 #7

Yes I am serious Nasty Jack Mar 2013 #8

How is cheap natural gas a plus for the environment? Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #3

At least it's a little better Nasty Jack Mar 2013 #5

Everybody hates Thomas Gold, but maybe he was right BlueStreak Mar 2013 #4

Nah, Gold's abiotic petroleum theories are still zany and unsupported by evidence Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #6

That's not entirely true. You are repeating the conventional wisdm of geologists BlueStreak Mar 2013 #9

I'm sorry but this can't be taken seriously, at all. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #10

You are illustrating my point very well -- jumping to unsupported conclusions BlueStreak Mar 2013 #11

You're illustrating your profound ignorance very well. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #12

I only made it through the first sentence of the first references before BlueStreak Mar 2013 #13

Not true, and you are obviously a crank Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #14

I think you are confused Socialistlemur Sep 2013 #25

He pumped 80- barrels of oil from a depth of 7 km BlueStreak Sep 2013 #27

Gold didn't pump anything Socialistlemur Oct 2013 #29

Actually both of you are wrong Socialistlemur Sep 2013 #26

Fossil fuels found along plate boundaries? Socialistlemur Oct 2013 #31

Not along plate boundaries, no Spider Jerusalem Oct 2013 #32

I guess it must be easy to formulate a theory, fail to prove it then die? Socialistlemur Sep 2013 #24

Shale oil boom is only expected to last to 2017, then decline rapidly till about 2022 to 2012 levels happyslug Mar 2013 #15

Message auto-removed TooManyPeople Mar 2013 #16

Why is burning natural gas any better than burning gasoline? golfguru Apr 2013 #17

Why dont we all buy solar panels markboxer Apr 2013 #18

Very true but........... golfguru Apr 2013 #19

If you buy the Dow solar shingles Bay Boy May 2013 #20

Natural gas has more hydrogen Socialistlemur Sep 2013 #23

How wrong can you be? 4dsc Aug 2013 #21

I guess you can say we hit peak oil and decline Socialistlemur Sep 2013 #22

An intelligent race PATRICK Oct 2013 #28

Which catastrophe are we discussing? Socialistlemur Oct 2013 #30

See: Elasticity of Demand EconGreen Jan 2014 #33

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #34