Global Warming Examiner

While Natural Gas Production Increases, Company Stock Prices May Not

One way to lower carbon dioxide emissions and clean up our air is to substitute natural gas for coal. Coal has almost twice the carbon emissions for the same amount of electricity produced as natural gas, not even counting the releases of mercury and other toxic byproducts from burning coal. Substituting natural gas for coal would be an intermediate step in reducing carbon emissions and give us time to develop more 'perfect' renewable resources like wind and solar. All the government has to do is prohibit the construction of new coal plants and start restricting emissions from existing plants.