"Gulf spill a chilling ad for natural gas If we need fossil...

"Gulf spill a chilling ad for natural gas

If we need fossil fuels, let's burn the cleanest one

By Gary Lamphier, Edmonton Journal



For years, Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, among others, has argued that natural gas offers the best solution -- economically and environmentally -- for meeting America's energy needs.

It's cheap, it's cleaner burning than coal or oil, and with the recent development of massive new U.S. shale gas reserves, America is literally drowning in the stuff.

Now, with gooey oil slicks and tar balls threatening to devastate beaches, fisheries and marshlands from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, BP has just given the natural gas industry the kind of big-time promo money can't buy."

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