Re:Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy in 2017
by r00fus on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @06:08PM
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Big Coal and Big Oil work together far more often than not. Extensive renewable energy would eliminate the massive profit of power utilities and refineries both.
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Re:Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy in 2017
by philipkglass on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @06:19PM
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I would have agreed with you a few years ago, but coal producer antipathy toward O&G has increased a lot since fracking unleashed the cheap gas that has been eating their lunch. At the same time gas producers have softened their stance against climate action, calculating (correctly) that in the short-medium term coal-to-gas switching in the name of climate action can send a lot of new natural gas demand their way. As for the long term, either they don't care yet or don't really believe that natural gas and oil will eventually be in line for replacement too.
Re:Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy in 2017
by crdoconnor on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @06:55AM
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>gas producers have softened their stance against climate action
They simply pretended that they were "cleaner" than coal and gas, which isn't really true:
http://www.newswise.com/articles/methane-leaks-can-make-frac...