As it becomes increasingly evident that a switch from coal to natural gas is reducing energy-related carbon emissions in the United States--which is a net plus if you care about climate change-- opponents of fracking find themselves being asked to choose between the lesser of two evils. That is a debate in of itself worth having. But it's not helped by fantasy world statements such as this one by the anti-fracking filmmaker Josh Fox:
Renewable energy can run the whole world. We know we have enough wind in the world to power the world five to ten times over. We have a technological solution for this.
We do? Which incantation do I recite to make this magical world appear? Oh wait, somebody's already written it, Fox tells Andrew Sullivan. Based on that, he says the United States can meet all its power needs from wind, solar and hydroelectric dams. (For ...
