Thank you for publishing the Business story “Center for Sustainable Shale Development aims to raise standards” . The article was well done and very informative.
Shale development is sustainable because it allows us to use affordable, abundant natural gas in a way that protects the environment and makes it possible to maintain the energy-intensive standard of living we, as Americans, have come to expect.
Wind and solar provide less than 2 percent of all the energy we use. Natural gas can provide the energy we need, because renewable energy just isn't capable of doing so yet.
Isaac Orr
Waupaca, Wis.
The writer is a research fellow for energy and environmental policy at The Heartland Institute.
