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The great thing about cheap natural gas, again it's cheap, and it provides a cleaner alternative to coal. But it's still a fossil fuel, and because it's still a fossil fuel, it still emits carbon.

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Thomas Friedman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 20
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