Point of View # 27

Market Forces & Climate Change

1. Coal and the generation of electricity

2. The fracking boom

3. Natural gas generating plants are more efficient

4. Natural gas contains less carbon per unit of energy than coal

5. The switch from coal to gas

6. The 2021 natural gas price

7. The current price of natural gas

8. Coal’s resurgence world wide

9. Coal's resurgence in the US

10. Carbon emissions since 1965

11. Worldwide oil profits 1970-2020

12. It's a huge amount of money

13. Climate denial timeline

14. Exxon's promotional ads

15. Fluctuations in oil advertising

16. Carbon footprint campaign

17. Shifting the blame

18. Broad scale action needed

19. Oil industry lobbying

20. Protecting $100 trillion in profits

21. Fossil fuel externalities

22. Cost of fossil fuel externalities

23. Scope of fossil fuel externalities

24. The myth of the free market

25. Carbon tax