Huffington Post: My friend Andrew Revkin, whom I greatly respect, has lately been pointing out certain problems with critiques of gas fracking, and pointing out how it could be greatly improved.
They want more gas until something better can come along. This is the "bridge" argument. Those proponents viewing fracking from the sidelines see that gas is cleaner than coal -- well, what isn't? -- and thus a "bridge" between coal and the next big thing. (The ones in it for the money couldn't care less about "bridges"...