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The Right Policy for Natural Gas |
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Author : Kate Sinding, New York
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Regarding the article “Is natural gas good, or just less bad?” (Feb. 21): The Natural Resources Defense Council’s view on clean electricity goes beyond wanting to see “U.S. coal plants converted to natural gas,” as the article indicates. Natural gas should have a role, especially if it is used to replace dirty coal generation, but only a supporting role. Energy efficiency and renewable energy are the largest, cleanest and cheapest untapped resources to meet our power needs.
Natural gas as it is currently produced and distributed has significant, avoidable downsides. And to protect our climate we must cut carbon pollution that would result from uncontrolled, expanded gas use. The right policy for natural gas is to clean up how we produce and distribute it, make it a part of our energy mix (not the dominant player), reduce its emissions with carbon capture, and assure that gas-fueled appliances and power plants are designed as efficiently as possible.
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Date: 2011-03-06 | Viewed: 1470
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