This video is about three common renewable energy myths. I explain why we need to transition away from fossil fuels, how natural gas is not nearly as clean or green as gas companies say it is, and how renewable energy is actually cheaper than fossil fuels | Climate Change News
Sources:
Fact 1:
https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/19/what-is-the-greenhouse-effect/
https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/air-quality-and-health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtItB0TewXI
Fact 2:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/10/avoid-using-gas-transition-fuel-move-clean-energy-study-urges
https://www.catf.us/resource/analysis-lifecycle-greenhouse-gas-emissions-natural-gas-coal/
https://www.epa.gov/gmi/importance-methane
https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/methane-and-climate-change
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032120308364
https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?8284466/natural-gas-climate-nature-disaster
Fact 3:
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/renewables-cheapest-form-power
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/charts-renewables-are-on-track-to-keep-getting-cheaper-and-cheaper
https://www.snexplores.org/article/green-energy-cheaper-than-fossil-fuels-climate
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02847-2
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/06/07/qa-fossil-fuel-subsidies
https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2023/08/24/fossil-fuel-subsidies-surged-to-record-7-trillion
Conclusion:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/business/oil-gas-companies-profits.html
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/these-fossil-fuel-industry-tactics-are-fueling-democratic-backsliding/
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/16/politics/biden-inflation-reduction-act-signing/index.html
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-biden-administrations-next-big-climate-decision
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/23/louisiana-gas-export-hub-biden-climate-crisis
https://grist.org/energy/louisiana-liquified-natural-gas-terminal-lng-gulf-coast/
https://time.com/6589664/biden-lng-export-terminal-pause-what-to-know/
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