Leftists Bash Hydrogen Derived from NatGas at Pittsburgh Confab
We’re sure glad we are not in Pittsburgh this week with all of the preening, arrogant leftists who pretend to know more than you do about what energy sources you should be using. We’re talking about the so-called Global Clean Energy Action Forum taking place in Pittsburgh this week. Leftist tyrants like John Kerry are lecturing everyone on the virtues of dumping fossil energy–after the hypocritical Kerry arrived in a private jet powered by fossil energy, and rode to the conference in an automobile powered by fossil energy. Abstaining from fossil energy is good for thee but not for me. Hydrogen as Savior is one of the themes at the conference. However, the radicals from Ohio River Valley Institute (and others) are warning conferees that hydrogen derived from natural gas (95% of hydrogen comes from natgas according to the Dept. of Energy) is the road to hell.
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