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The distinctly faint praise of "better than coal" does not seem to justify the term "green energy", I've certainly not heard anyone describe it thus before.
by caf 10y ago
The distinctly faint praise of "better than coal" does not seem to justify the term "green energy", I've certainly not heard anyone describe it thus before.
- ars 10y agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/02/04/u-s-natural-gas-rises-as-americas-co2-emissions-drop/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/02/04/u-s-natur... That was just one result on Google, you will find plenty more. Using Natural Gas is the #1 reason CO2 emissions have dropped in the US (and other countries).
- suihkulokki 10y agoUntil recently, gas was just flared at oilrigs. It was waste not worth shipping. I remember flying past Persian gulf and looking down at sea been light by gas flares. Now the gas is put in use, it is still burned into co2. But now it creates electricity and reduces use of oil and coal. So if LNG terminal reduces flaring, it's "green energy" project. But if it is to increase fracking, it's just fossil fuels project.
- pjc50 10y agoIndeed. To my mind, we really shouldn't start on fracking until flaring has been reduced to near-zero levels. It's wasteful and we can't afford the CO2 emissions.
- unexpected 10y agoCompanies and governments do not want to flare gas. That's money just disappearing. To use this gas, however, you need to have the infrastructure set up to take the gas - you need fertilizer plants, power plants, etc that can use the gas as power. In the Middle East, these are not always possible in remote areas, so they flare it. Natural gas is green energy because it's reducing dirty coal power plants. LNG terminals have nothing to do with fracking. LNG terminals are just an export facility.
- kwhitefoot 10y agoRoutine flaring was forbidden in the Norwegian sector in 1971, see http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/statoil-to-end-routine-gas-flaring-by-2030/ http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/statoil-to-end-routine-ga....