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Permalink Reply by 0i7okn54zwbdo on March 6, 2013 at 2:59am

Celebrities are never wrong. 

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Permalink Reply by DJM on March 6, 2013 at 2:36pm

Thanks fox news

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Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on March 6, 2013 at 4:45pm

Fang don't know about you but right now the only thing I can think of to say to Global Warming fanatics is BRING IT ON!! Brrrr

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Permalink Reply by william on March 7, 2013 at 4:29am

Thanks for thinking of us Hollywood. We'll be sure to heed your advice due to your film making and song writing abilities.

When you hypocrites give up your fortunes to charity and decide to live modestly,you can talk to us. Until then mind your own business!

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Permalink Reply by Jack Straw on March 7, 2013 at 11:22am

Science and the Celebri-Trolls, an inconvenient truth:

 

Natural Gas is Methane.

Methane’s chemical composition is CH4.

When you burn Natural Gas the reaction is:

CH4 + 4 x O = CO2 + 2 x H2O

When you burn one molecule of Natural Gas, you get one molecule of CO2 and two molecules of water.

CO2 is plant food.

H2O is water, which all living things require.

I am doing my part for the environment.

I have 400 acres of land.

200 acres are “under the plow”, producing such crops as corn and soybeans.

Those plants are taking CO2 out of the atmosphere and turning it into food for people and for animals.

The crops are rotated, such that “nitrogen-fixing” crops add to and maintain the soil in a manner that minimizes the need to apply fertilizers.

200 acres are in mixed hardwood forest.

Those trees are taking CO2 out of the atmosphere and turning it into wood.

I occasionally harvest trees that are mature for the lumber that goes into such things as furniture and hardwood flooring.

The cutting is a selective harvest of only mature trees, to assure the continuation of a healthy forest (a forest that supports bird and other wildlife; the healthier the forest, the more birds and other wildlife that can be supported). Thinning the forest of the canopy of mature trees opens up the forest for more light to reach the younger growing trees. Opening up the canopy of the forest promotes undergrowth that provides food and shelter for wildlife.

My forest would do a lot better if we did away with the pervasive acid rain.

Those darned coal fired power plants and oil burners to the west of me are producing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which reacts with the water in the atmosphere to produce acid rain.

If we could replace those coal fired power plants with power plants powered by Clean, Green Natural Gas ... we could eliminate the acid rain problem.

If we could replace those Diesel powered trucks and RR locomotives with trucks and trains powered by Clean, Green Compressed Natural Gas or by Clean, Green LNG ... we could eliminate the acid rain problem.

The acid rain also lowers the pH of the soil. On the croplands, it is possible (at an expense) to use lime to raise the pH back up ... but it would be better to solve the basic problem.

I can only guess at what the Mercury from the burning of coal is doing to the environment and the people of PA.

The acid rain runs down and leaches into the streams, changing the water's pH in a manner damaging to the riparian environment ... fish do not like acid rain.

Efforts have been made to deal with the acid mine waters that resulted from a history of surface and subsurface coal mining. Streams that were devoid of life during my childhood now are trout streams .... but there would be more and better fishing were the effects of acid rain alleviated.

 

My 400 acres of land are continually removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

My personal “Carbon Footprint” is a large negative number!

I not only know how to sequester CO2, by virtue of the use of my land, I am sequestering CO2 each and every day.

As an added benefit, those crops and trees not only inhale CO2, but they simultaneously exhale Oxygen as part of the photosynthesis process!

I would argue that every person posting upon this board that have a sizable land holding likewise have a sizable negative “Carbon Footprint” (be their land in pasture, forest or fields).

For many, being a Farmer in Appalachia means that you need a second job to make ends meet. For many, being a Farmer in Appalachia means that you need the additional income that Natural Gas wells can provide in order to make ends meet.

I feel confident that the average person who posts on this board has a much smaller “Carbon Footprint” than the average Hollywood TV or Movie “Star”.

I feel confident that the average person who posts on this board has a much smaller “Carbon Footprint” than the average Rocker.

I feel confident that the average person who posts on this board has a much smaller “Carbon Footprint” than the average Politician.

I feel confident that the average person who posts on this board has a much smaller “Carbon Footprint” than the Trolls who post false negative information about fracing.

When you argue against Clean, Green Natural Gas – you argue against the true environmentalists, the ones who quietly live their lives in a manner such that they have a negative “Carbon Footprint”. We do not need to pontificate about the environment, we are actively cleaning it up; and, we certainly do not need to hear from false Casandras.

What is YOUR “Carbon Footprint”?

 

Clean, Green Natural Gas is the ANSWER!

Now, what was your Question?

All IMHO,

JS

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Permalink Reply by Sawdust on March 7, 2013 at 3:51pm

Great post, Jack !!  We have only 80 acres, but it's nurtured in the same manner, second job and all.

Mike.

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Permalink Reply by Dave on March 8, 2013 at 7:57am

Celebrities are hypocrites.  They use more energy than anyone on the planet.

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