[newswriter99]

Change the word "plan" with "dream" and the article looks a lot less like a one-sided editorial.

Articles like this start off from the angle of "we should do this" and in my opinion that's a BS way to frame a news story. Fossil fuels, especially natgas, serve a very specific function and the idea of putting the US at a disadvantage just so we can pat ourselves on the back as the rest of the world beats us in energy is ludicrous.

[phil248]

The rest of the world is already beating us on energy. We are winning a game that is already over. We can keep patting ourselves on the back for generating and using so many fossil fuels so very well, or we can admit that a new game has started and get our asses on the field to compete.

[newswriter99]

>The rest of the world is already beating us on energy. [citation needed]

We literally usurped control from OPEC thanks to fracking technology, which almost no one else in the world is using.

EDIT: And let's mention our LNG exports while we're at it: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_move_expc_s1_a.htm

I know HN is a mature forum where insults aren't conductive to discussion, but pull your head out of your ass.

[hanniabu]

Seems like the whole world is getting ahead of the US with all this feet dragging. That's the real disadvantage. Every major issue the country faces, the answer is "well it's a lot easier to just sweep this under the rug because I have an election coming up and gives I can upset so let's just not do anything about this". And now every corner of the US is crumbling, from healthcare to infrastructure.