| eldavojohn writes "This week MIT released a comprehensive, hundred-page report entitled `The Future of Natural Gas` that outlined the many scenarios the United States faces when aiming to reduce carbon emissions. From the NY Times recap: `The scenario goes like this, according to MIT: Nuclear power, renewable energy and carbon capture and sequestration are relatively expensive next to gas. Conventional coal is no longer a major source of power generation in the United States. "Natural gas is the substantial winner in the electric sector: The substitution effect, mainly gas generation for coal generation, outweighs the demand reduction effect."` Will this urging help to produce a policy shift from renewable energy (like wind) to natural gas for the United States?"
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