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hunter

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10. It will be fossil fuels that destroy the natural world as we know it and kill billions of people.

Reply to Bayard (Reply #9)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 02:28 PM

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The most dangerous energy resource is natural gas, largely because people think it is "clean" ( or at least "better than coal" ) and because it is essential for the economic viability of their solar and wind powered follies.

As a society we've been very well trained to overlook the death and destruction caused by fossil fuels.

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