NYT: "Life after Oil & Gas"

[Paul Nellen]

WE will need fossil fuels like oil and gas for the foreseeable future. So there’s really little choice (sigh). We have to press ahead with fracking for natural gas. We must approve theKeystone XL pipeline to get Canadian oil.

This mantra, repeated on TV ads and in political debates, is punctuated with a tinge of inevitability and regret. But, increasingly, scientific research and the experience of other countries should prompt us to ask: To what extent will we really “need” fossil fuel in the years to come? To what extent is it a choice?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/sunday-review/life-after-oil-and-gas.html?hpw

 

Again, ICYMI, here's the link to the most recent EWG study (in English) released today in Berlin:

http://www.energywatchgroup.org/Mitteilungen.26+M5d637b1e38d.0.html