When it comes to energy, cost isn't everything - but it's a lot. Everybody wants cheap power.
Jeff GoodellCompared to coal, which generates almost half the electricity in the United States, natural gas is indeed a cleaner, less polluting fuel. But compared to, say, solar, it's filthy. And of course there is nothing renewable about natural gas.
Jeff GoodellNowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.
Jeff GoodellAlthough most Americans don't know it, the U.S. gets more oil from Canada than it does from the entire Middle East.
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