[woofer]

I stand corrected by your response. Thank you for the info and Link.

But natural gas is a by product, or a stand alone hydro carbon field unassociated with liquid crude. It isn't specifically refined from crude.

The basis of my argument is:

No matter how many tons of coal you replace by other means in the generation of electricity, it will not reduce our demand for oil by any significant amount.

[thackney]

No matter how many tons of coal you replace by other means in the generation of electricity, it will not reduce our demand for oil by any significant amount.

Absolutely.

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