U.S. Likely to Leave Much Fossil Fuel In Ground, White House Science Adviser Says

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The U.S. is likely to end up "leaving quite a lot of fossil fuels in the ground" in the long run, the president's science adviser said May 1. John Holdren, who directs the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said alternatives to fossil fuels, including technologies that capture and store the carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels, "are improving at a very rapid rate." "I think their share will increase in a way that will enable us not to be pushed to exploit the vast quantities of fossil fuels that are still in the ground," such as "oil shale, tar sands and much more," he told a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.