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No coal? OK, then what?
Beware the allure of liquefied natural gas |
Kristina & Jason Makansi |
09 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Two years ago, one of us (Jason) was at an energy industry conference planning committee and he made the point that whether or not everyone around the table agreed on global warming, the issue was just about to break out and dominate the public conversation on energy. Because of global warming, he went on to say, getting a new coal-fired power station built was just a 'prudency review waiting to happen.' For those of you that remember, it was, in many wa ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, international politics, natural gas, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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