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Natural gas is relatively clean-burning AFAIK -- not perfect, but better than other fossil fuels -- so that seems like a bit of a red herring. He's an advocate
by chc 13y ago
Natural gas is relatively clean-burning AFAIK -- not perfect, but better than other fossil fuels -- so that seems like a bit of a red herring. He's an advocate for awareness of climate change, not a Mennonite. You can't attack him for using electricity.
- shiftpgdn 13y agoMore importantly it actually comes out alongside crude oil so the cost of getting it out of ground is minimal. Many oil rigs simply burn it on site instead of containing it due to the difficulty in containment and transport. There is actually a big issue in North Dakota at the moment where all the natural gas that comes up along with the oil is simply burned as there are no pipelines out there yet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare