{"id":1458,"date":"2009-12-21T06:39:19","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T06:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2009-12-21T06:39:19","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T06:39:19","slug":"clean_energy_for_america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1458","title":{"rendered":"Clean Energy For America?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/news\/business\/2009\/12\/21\/gas_could_be_the_answer_in_global_warming_fight?page=full&amp;comments=true\">Townhall.com<\/a>&nbsp;is reporting today on the recent changes that have occurred in the natural gas market.&nbsp; Because major sources of natural gas are being discovered in America, the price of natural gas is at a seven-year low.&nbsp; Natural gas burns cleaner than coal and can be used to generate electricity and eventually to power cars.<\/p>\n<p>Although natural gas is a carbon-based fuel, it is a&nbsp;clean fuel that is in abundant supply in America.&nbsp; The article points out:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Today, about 27 percent of the nation&#8217;s carbon dioxide emissions come from coal-fired power plants, which generate 44 percent of the electricity used in the U.S. Just under 25 percent of power comes from burning natural gas, more than double its share a decade ago but still with room to grow.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the past, the problem with natural gas was that the supply was uncertain and caused the price to vary a great deal.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Last Monday,&nbsp; Exxon Mobil Corporation announced a $30 billion deal to acquire XTO Energy Inc.&nbsp; This will make Exxon the country&#8217;s largest producer of natural gas.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Natural gas is low cost, low carbon emissions, and abundant in America.&nbsp; This could seriously change the world energy picture and world politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Townhall.com&nbsp;is reporting today on the recent changes that have occurred in the natural gas market.&nbsp; Because major sources of natural gas are being discovered in America, the price of natural gas is at a seven-year low.&nbsp; Natural gas burns cleaner &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1458\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}