[vkou]

The problem is that we don't need to halve our emissions, as would happen if we fully switched from coal to natgas (Presumably sourced from a magical, peaceful land of unicorns, as opposed to, say, the Russian Federation, or some middle eastern despot.)

We need to zero our emissions, if we want to avoid climate catastrophe. And natgas isn't going to do that for us.

[thehappypm]

I think you’re letting perfect be the enemy of good. How do we get to zero? First cut in half. Then cut the second half. Waiting for a perfect solution today when there’s incremental progress to be made is foolish

[vkou]

That's not going to happen, though. What is going to happen is we'll invest trillions of dollars into natgas infrastructure and then go all whoopsie-daisies-we-can't-afford-to-just-let-it-sit-idle, and we'll be permanently locked into it.

Temporary hacks have an odd way of becoming permanent features, especially when mind-blowing amounts of money are on the line.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

That's exactly why you don't do that kind of temporary hack. Temporary hacks come in a variety of colors.