Oops, that bridge to the bright renewable energy future looks a little shaky. Natural gas, after all, still is a fossil fuel — a source we’ll soon enough view as primitive as whale oil and dangerously polluting. That’s not the major thrust of thought as I listen to academics, economists, investors, industry professionals and politicians. But I’ve come to believe it’s true. The Obama administration aims to cut down on coal burning and rely more on cleaner-burning natural gas power plants as part of the U.S. effort to take the edge off global warming. I had seen natural gas as …
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