Natural gas

I have spent considerable time and effort in the study of solutions to the problem of climate change. First, all means of producing energy should be considered but some more than others. There are two major misunderstandings. First wind and solar cannot replace fossil fuels an second nuclear can. President Biden believes in the first and a few days ago said that coal plants must be shut down and yesterday said no drilling. There is no need to shut down coal plants because they are rapidly being replace by natural gas. Nearly 360 US coal plants have shut or plan to shut in recent years, compared with about 170 plants that remain active. US CO2 emissions are now down below the 1995 levels even though the population has increased from 266 million to 333 million. The improvements made by switching power plants to natural gas can be duplicated by going to natural gas for transportation but all the emphasis is on electric cars.