tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post7357737332486064984..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: How's this deal: everyone, including other fossil fuel interests, gangs up against coalEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-41736425183423284882013-06-19T22:08:43.238-04:002013-06-19T22:08:43.238-04:00Benefits of warming will offset harms, if you like...Benefits of warming will offset harms, if you like to eat bread made from cheat grass instead of wheat, sure.<br /><br />Less gluten, at least.Ed Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056539160596825210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-47868075530929252882013-06-19T20:42:53.838-04:002013-06-19T20:42:53.838-04:00Cheer up- Heartlad assuresForbes readers that the...Cheer up- Heartlad assures<i>Forbes </i> readers that the <a href="http://vvattsupwiththat.blogspot.com/2013/06/3500-dot-org.html" rel="nofollow">future benefits of warming will offset any conniptions</a> in the cold regions of today!THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-10714897952584462242013-06-19T03:47:22.866-04:002013-06-19T03:47:22.866-04:00An even better deal - stop panicking about panicki...An even better deal - stop panicking about panicking about CO2,it's more that "a little warming", and start discussing options.<br /><br />Mother of 7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-25577711996047354702013-06-18T13:06:31.858-04:002013-06-18T13:06:31.858-04:00How's this deal? - Stop panicking about CO2 an...How's this deal? - Stop panicking about CO2 and a little warming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-2705660980567468912013-06-18T07:46:27.720-04:002013-06-18T07:46:27.720-04:00British Gas Australia Chairman Catherine Tanna gav...British Gas Australia Chairman Catherine Tanna gave a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia circa June 2013 in which she stated: "I take great satisfaction being part of an industry that is helping people to breathe cleaner air in some of the developing world's most populated cities and is providing electricity so that people <b>do not have to cook using firewood, coal or cow dung</b>." My interpretation of this is that the use of "or" instead of 'and' effectively equates coal to cow dung and is illustrative of the competitive rift between the coal and gas industries that is revenue driven. <br />The grammatically-tortured, opening paragraph of that Tanna address reported in the <i>theenergy</i> June 2013 Issue 29 states: "In this age of climate change - and while renewable energy options do not yet have the characteristics or scale to meet rising energy demand - natural gas, with its relatively low emissions, will remain an important part of Australia's and the world's energy mix." So, British Gas accepts climate change is linked with fossil fuel emissions and seeks to use that relationship to gain a competitive advantage over the coal industry. At the same time, BG claims a self-perceived primacy over renewable energy as it (and the natural gas industry) attempts to seek some sort of middle ground position between coal and renewables while presenting natural gas as being an indispensable energy source. More succinctly, BG (and the natural gas industry) is engaging in fracking in a political, economic and industrial sense. Someone should tell the denialophiles.George Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042191140401441348noreply@blogger.com