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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus
Please to explain what you mean by doing nothing?
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In fewest words, "doing nothing" means we ignore current actions of man-associated activities.
The global corporations are already going down the road moving over to (liquified) natural gas (methane).
This morning on Google News, I clicked the button for "liquified natural gas",
and there are numerous articles about GE purchasing LNG terminals,
ferries being converted, Quebec creating LNG stations along the transCanada highway, etc., etc.
My bias is along the lines that (since) global warming is an accepted "fact",
that CO2 and methane are the major culprits.
When the powers-that-be make policy decisions (as above) and ignore the effects,
what happens later if/when it is, in fact, determined that such
man-associated activities are aggravating this warming ?
What will those same powers be able to do to reverse their actions ?
Sort of like fracking, once ground water sources are contaminated,
what can/will the industry be able to do to fix the problem they have created ?
Here is a local example for our power company (PGE)
OregonLive.com
Natural-gas-fired plant proposed for Troutdale's former Reynolds Aluminum plant,
just a mile from Columbia River Gorge
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An energy developer based in New York wants to build two natural-gas-fired power plants --
with the option for a third -- on the site of the old Reynolds Aluminum plant in Troutdale. [Oregon]
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The irony here is that the aluminum plants were built there
to use hydroelectric power generated at the CR dams.
"Regulators" have already agreed with the proposal and instructed PGE to solicit developers.