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1. Saranna
   

   No study has directly linked fracking to methane.

   In addition this methane is much less harmful than co2 emissions from coal which fracking has killed in the USA

   Fracking releases methane, which is not accounted for in such studies.
   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/14/fracking-causing-rise-in-methane-emissions-study-finds
   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2018 Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHGI) was released on April 11. It revealed total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States decreased by 35.6 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent, or 0.5 percent from 2016 to 2017. Indeed, U.S. GHG emissions are now at their lowest levels since 1992 and only 1.3 percent higher than their 1990 levels.
   Since 2005, GHG emissions are down 12 percent. Over this same period, oil production in the United States has increased by 80 percent and natural gas production has increased by 51 percent, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
   This is primarily due to the hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) revolution of the past decade.

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2. Saranna
   

   The are arguing in bad faith

   why is the left against nuclear power? sometimes I feel like they're not interested in technological solutions and want political ones instead. They're simply bad actors.
   The paper demonstrates that without nuclear power, it will be even harder to mitigate human-caused climate change and air pollution. This is fundamentally because historical energy production data reveal that if nuclear power never existed, the energy it supplied almost certainly would have been supplied by fossil fuels instead (overwhelmingly coal), which cause much higher air pollution-related mortality and GHG emissions per unit energy produced (ref. 2).
   https://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/kharecha_02/

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3. Gerard
   

   The are arguing in bad faith

   Kind of like JP, Joe Rogan and Steven Crowder

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4. Saranna
   

   The are arguing in bad faith
   Kind of like JP, Joe Rogan and Steven Crowder

   Joe Rogan the guy who interviewed Bernie Sanders?

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5. Lessie
   

   Umm, you can actually see the leaking using infrared.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0cBAmOVr5U

   No study has directly linked fracking to methane.

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6. Saranna
   

   Umm, you can actually see the leaking using infrared.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0cBAmOVr5U
   No study has directly linked fracking to methane.

   Lol. This is science to you?

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7. Saranna
   

   Someone no gooded this.

   Let me explain with 2 examples.

   Texas gets 15,000 mws of wind at night but only 2,000 during the day because that's how the wind blows.

   In California, leak load often happens in the evening after the sun has come down.

   More wind and solar doesn't always help

   Renewables have a bunch of other issues. They need storage after a certain point because they do not produce at the right time
   I just want an end to fossil fuel subsidies (including externalities). Renewables will crush you in a fair fight, and you know it.
   why is the left against nuclear power? sometimes I feel like they're not interested in technological solutions and want political ones instead. They're simply bad actors.
   The paper demonstrates that without nuclear power, it will be even harder to mitigate human-caused climate change and air pollution. This is fundamentally because historical energy production data reveal that if nuclear power never existed, the energy it supplied almost certainly would have been supplied by fossil fuels instead (overwhelmingly coal), which cause much higher air pollution-related mortality and GHG emissions per unit energy produced (ref. 2).
   https://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/kharecha_02/

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8. Saranna
   

   Peak load

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9. Vivienne
   

   The storing is part of the problem, though. I'm not against using it as a transition from fossil fuels, for whatever that's worth, but storing nuclear waste is a big issue that hasn't really been thought through.

   It can be reused or stored
   Nuclear waste.
   why is the left against nuclear power? sometimes I feel like they're not interested in technological solutions and want political ones instead. They're simply bad actors.

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10. Farrell
    

    Aspie, Queen of Nordic Sustainability!

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11. Caris
    

    It really isn't a real problem. It's just that there are nimbys.

    We know how to deal with it.

    The storing is part of the problem, though. I'm not against using it as a transition from fossil fuels, for whatever that's worth, but storing nuclear waste is a big issue that hasn't really been thought through.
    It can be reused or stored
    Nuclear waste.
    why is the left against nuclear power? sometimes I feel like they're not interested in technological solutions and want political ones instead. They're simply bad actors.

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12. Eudora
    

    she is cute

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13. Hyacintha
    

    Her mental illness makes her emotionally unstable.
    Amazing that anyone takes this girl seriously. In better days she would be locked up in a special home with padded walls.
    Greta should run for Gov. of Alaska, if this is the case

    Sarah Palin cares about her family and faith. She is mentally stable and well adjusted. Greta is not.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JowwG_o1ei4

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14. Cindy
    

    I’d totally do her- TIME’S PERSON OF THE YEAR!!!!

    1 year ago # QUOTE 0 YEA 2 NAY!

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Post <blockquote>Fracking releases methane, which is not accounted for in such studies. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/14/fracking-causing-rise-in-methane-emissions-study-finds The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2018 Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHGI) was released on April 11. It revealed total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States decreased by 35.6 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent, or 0.5 percent from 2016 to 2017. Indeed, U.S. GHG emissions are now at their lowest levels since 1992 and only 1.3 percent higher than their 1990 levels. Since 2005, GHG emissions are down 12 percent. Over this same period, oil production in the United States has increased by 80 percent and natural gas production has increased by 51 percent, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). This is primarily due to the hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) revolution of the past decade.</blockquote>

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