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Originally Posted by Mr K
And we're fracking to release even more greenhouse gases....  |
Gas is the easiest way to get coal permanently out of the energy mix. Using it results in a net reduction in CO2 emissions and a lot else besides. And shale gas represents an opportunity to improve domestic supply and therefore national energy security.
There is no way we can move exclusively to renewables at the pace favoured by the tofu-munching geography lecturers of Greenpeace. As I said above, pressure groups can blow as hard as they like, governments don’t have the luxury of enacting daydreams.