The deceit of the anti energy left
NY Times:
The foot print of the completed well is relatively small and taxes up less room than a grain silo. The benefit to the land owner is greater than the inconvenience of having a drilling rig around for a few weeks and the benefit of the gas from the well is greater than a windmill or a solar field both of which consume more land and offer less energy.
As for the clean energy argument, it should be indisputable that natural gas is cleaner than burning coal or oil. What the anti energy left is angry about is that it is cheaper and more efficient than wind and solar as well as more dependable. They are disappointed that they cannot push their carbon phobic agenda, but that does not mean they should denigrate a fuel that benefits this country far more their their preferences.
Sean Lennon: Destroying Precious Land for Gas
It is a pernicious falsehood to claim that drilling for gas destroys land. I have seen thousands of oil and gas wells in several states. It is just ridiculous to claim that gas wells "destroy precious land" or even unprecious land. There are wells within a few miles of my house.Natural gas has been sold as clean energy, but the word “clean” is taking on a disturbingly Orwellian tone.
The foot print of the completed well is relatively small and taxes up less room than a grain silo. The benefit to the land owner is greater than the inconvenience of having a drilling rig around for a few weeks and the benefit of the gas from the well is greater than a windmill or a solar field both of which consume more land and offer less energy.
As for the clean energy argument, it should be indisputable that natural gas is cleaner than burning coal or oil. What the anti energy left is angry about is that it is cheaper and more efficient than wind and solar as well as more dependable. They are disappointed that they cannot push their carbon phobic agenda, but that does not mean they should denigrate a fuel that benefits this country far more their their preferences.
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