{"id":111,"date":"2007-05-31T11:01:08","date_gmt":"2007-05-31T16:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/05\/31\/dont-fill-our-gas-tanks-with-coal\/"},"modified":"2013-11-21T13:33:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T18:33:19","slug":"dont-fill-our-gas-tanks-with-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/05\/31\/dont-fill-our-gas-tanks-with-coal\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#039;t Fill Our Gas Tanks With Coal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, <em>The New York Times<\/em> published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/05\/30\/opinion\/30wed1.html\">an editorial<\/a> about coal-to-liquid technology. Their warning against so-called energy solutions that actually worsen climate change is right on target.<\/p>\n<p>For more, check out a post I wrote last month, about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/04\/24\/should-we-fill-our-gas-tanks-with-coal\/\">why coal-to-liquid technology is a bad idea<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, The New York Times published an editorial about coal-to-liquid technology. Their warning against so-called energy solutions that actually worsen climate change is right on target. 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