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Originally Posted by Mass_nerder
Even if we have access to vast reserves of natural gas, it's still a temporary fix. Any solution involving a finite resource is not the answer.
I'm not even arguing from an environmental conservation standpoint.
I don't see a problem with a natural resource being utilized; it just needs to be closely regulated.
"Eleventy billion years" is going to start getting shorter if we're tossing it at everything, like we did with oil, as Earth's population continues to grow.
7 billion at the end of October? How long before we're hitting 8,9,10 billion?
All the while, developing countries continue to grow, using a larger percentage of the finite resource.
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Don't assume that we'll always use electricity like we do now. As time goes by we'll become more efficient and smarter with just about everything we own that needs electricity.
Natural gas and nuclear are the future, and the longer it takes for people to accept that, the longer we'll rely on coal. And we are already at the point technologically, where coal should not be the #1 generator of electricity in North America.