Cornell professor: “Natural gas as a clean fuel is ……….. a myth.”

Is natural gas really a clean fuel?

“Natural gas is marketed as a clean fuel with less impact on global warming than oil or coal, a transitional fuel to replace other fossil fuels until some distant future with renewable energy. Some argue that we have an obligation to develop Marcellus Shale gas, despite environmental concerns. I strongly disagree.

“Natural gas as a clean fuel is a myth.”

- Cornell professor: “Gas and drilling not clean choices”

See also Cornell scientist tarnishes natural gas’s clean image

and http://un-naturalgas.org/weblog/2009/03/if-2-leaks-the-co2-impact-of-natural-gas-is-the-same-as-burning-coal/

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