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Shift to natural gas for lower-carbon future

The public debate on climate change can seem beguilingly simple: alternative fuels good; fossil fuels bad. If we burn less of the latter and use more of the former, the argument goes, we will be well on our way to a lower-carbon future. Full Article at Detroit News Online

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