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John012345Leader
"A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey found the extracting and burning of fossil fuels from federal lands made up nearly a quarter of all carbon dioxide emissions in the United States between 2005 and 2014." Why should the extraction and burning of fossil fuels from OUR lands be allowed to contribute to endangering and damaging the entire planet for the sake of profits primarily for a few wealthy individuals?
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- CherryCreekCrabLeader
  John012345
  It may be our lands, but most of the profits to go private interests. And given the chaos and corruption in the current Interior Department's top levels, fat chance anything will change.
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poste61Leader
In others news, studies show that all the babies born in federally-subsidized hospitals between 2005 and 2014 significantly contribute to global warming.
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- CherryCreekCrabLeader
  poste61
  And yet other studies have shown that low info voters, with the help of Putin, put a totally unqualified man-child in the Oval Office.
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SteveEngbers
The article titled "Drilling adds to climate change" is labeled as analysis. Do reporters actually analyze their subject? The article quotes environmental groups who say that reducing fossil fuel leasing on public lands would reduce carbon dioxide emissions. How would that work? If we stopped taking fossil fuels from public lands would people just get along with less energy? Or would we just get the fossil fuels from somewhere else? I don't know what the answer is because the reporter's "analysis" never asked the question.
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- John012345Leader
  SteveEngbers
  "If we stopped taking fossil fuels from public lands would people just get along with less energy?" No, silly. Rising prices and perhaps more intelligent national policies would speed the transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewables, advanced energy storage and transmission systems, and advanced nuclear.
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- RockyMtnHighLeader
  John012345
  Saudi Arabia could make up the supply reduction with the turn of a valve. Vehicles are going to be your biggest problem, how many people can afford a new car, let alone an EV? Not that the transition can't be made, but man. We already require an enormous amount of energy compared to the rest of the world, it really is quite ridiculous, and moving to an all electric transportation system would increase electricity demand pretty drastically too. All that means is we're going to need even more energy in the grid than we already have. Not to discourage you (I'm sure I won't) but this is an enormous undertaking that you continuously simplify. Last year the US derived 80% of it's energy from fossil fuel sources, we have a long ways to go. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=36612
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- John012345Leader
  RockyMtnHigh
  What part of "speeding the transition" do you not understand?
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