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Much better alternative to coal, at least. You emit far less CO2 per KWh generated and the only other byproduct besides CO2 tends to be water.
by lightedman 9y ago
Much better alternative to coal, at least. You emit far less CO2 per KWh generated and the only other byproduct besides CO2 tends to be water.
- Retric 9y agoProbably though it depends on how much CO2 it takes to mine / transport / refine etc.
- lightedman 9y agoMove to methane-powered equipment to mine the methane. Or solar-powered.
- Robotbeat 9y agoMAYBE. Methane leaks are incredibly destructive as methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. And mining this stuff could cause leaks.
- Freestyler_3 9y agoAllthough you could also argue that because of warming these gasses might escape if we don't mine them before that.
- stcredzero 9y agoAll you need is for someone to come up with a way to capture a lot of methane very cheaply but very inefficiently. Then a swarm of marginal operators will go in with that technique and release gigafktons of methane.