Scientist George Ahearn says if you’re serious on climate change, stop the name-calling and accept that the best way to reduce emissions is with natural gas.

As most of you who have read my articles in this space know, I am a skeptic about man-made climate change. I certainly believe that weather changes, which is a result of short term atmospheric conditions that are not caused by people. But to convince me that long term climate change is caused or can be significantly controlled by humans is another matter. Should you disagree, that’s fine but please stop the name-calling and recognize natural gas is something we can agree upon.

I cringe when environmental groups treat CO2 as a pollutant and blame hydrocarbons as the cause for all evil in the world, particularly since they are both essential for our quality of life and the economic development of our modern civilization. Just look at the health, longevity, and poverty in the world before and after the discovery and use of petroleum in 1859.

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http://naturalgasnow.org/as-to-climate-change-its-the-science-stupid-not-the-ideology/