John Petersen

Book Review: Robert Hefner's 'The Grand Energy Transition'

Another great article Fitz! I just did a quick Google search using the terms methane and atmosphere. I found references to Mars, Pluto and an extrasolar planet in the first page of results. I also seem to recall something from high school science about the earth having a methane rich atmosphere before the first life forms emerged. I'm a big fan of some alternatives and an unrepentant critic of others. To my simple way of thinking the only relevant question is "Are we better off with it than we would be without it?" Using that metric, natural gas will always win. Solar and wind may be better still, but the core technologies that exist today are not as good as they will be in the future. So let's take the baby steps and work toward the plentiful energy future that Heffner, Milunovich and others foresee.