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[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago

Exactly this.

I mean, if I make the following point on his behalf, he might have a leg to stand on: by increasing methane dependence we increase the likelihood of a leak. However, it's pretty clear he's got an uniformed opinion or is just shooting from the hip.

I don't like switching to NG; they should have just bit the bullet and gone solar, wind, hydro, nuclear or some combination thereof. The decision to go to NG was likely both financially (cost of shuttering coal projects rather than converting) and economically (got to appease our oil and gas overlords somehow) motivated. Just look at the fucking renewables moratorium...

Also lmao at Notely accomplishing an objective years after the fact, while Kenney and Smith were too busy flipping pancakes at the stampede.

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Don't forget about geothermal. Could be a good option in places where you have a workforce with skills at drilling deep underground.

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