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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (330816)	9/16/2020 12:11:41 PM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By Cautious_Optimist Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361975

Natural gas is a fossil fuel, though the global warming emissions from its combustion are much lower than those from coal or oil. Natural gas emits 50 to 60 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2) when combusted in a new, efficient natural gas power plant compared with emissions from a typical new coal plant [ 1]. Considering only tailpipe emissions, natural gas also emits 15 to 20 percent less heat-trapping gases than gasoline when burned in today’s typical vehicle [ 2]. Emissions from smokestacks and tailpipes, however, do not tell the full story. The drilling and extraction of natural gas from wells and its transportation in pipelines results in the leakage of methane, primary component of natural gas that is 34 times stronger than CO2 at trapping heat over a 100-year period and 86 times stronger over 20 years [ 3]. Preliminary studies and field measurements show that these so-called “fugitive” methane emissions range from 1 to 9 percent of total life cycle emissions [ 4]. ucsusa.org

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (330816)	9/16/2020 3:39:27 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	1 Recommendation Recommended By Cogito Ergo Sum Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361975

Archeologists learn a lot about ancient civilizations by studying their middens, which you and I call solid waste dumps. The lasting material is always ceramic, glass and bone. Animals leave their solid waste where it occurs, but humans have always placed their solid waste in a special location, regardless of whether they live on a farm, village or city. . Prior to the 1950s, backyard incinerators were the primary method of reducing solid waste and the trash collector was appropriately called the ash collector. Clean air regulations have curbed this ancient and traditional method of dealing with solid waste both on farms, villages and cities. The modern alternative is the sort of massive trash-burning facility at Crows Landing on the I-5 just south of Patterson which generates 22 MW of electricity as if burns 800 tons of solid waste daily. - sacbee.com This is widely used in Scandinavia to generate power and eliminate trash in a climate where trash disposal is complicated by snow and ice. It's a complicated technology to be able to decompose everything completely with heat without releasing toxins in the trash or toxins created by the decomposition process. . "Trash" can minimized but it will always be created by agricultural, manufacturing, and living processes. We all know some people are like animals and leave their trash where they generate it, but as a society we have to have systems in place to do better.