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I'd like to think that's a feature not a bug. The solar electric revolution finally looks like it's right around the corner, but it's not here yet. LNG has sh

I'd like to think that's a feature not a bug. The solar electric revolution finally looks like it's right around the corner, but it's not here yet. LNG has shown up just in time to server as a bridge to solar, allowing the US to lower its carbon emissions while critical solar technologies are still being implemented. It's important though that we move past LNG as solar takes off. The depletion of wells will hopefully increase hydrocarbon costs just in time for them to be outcompeted by solar.

losteric 9y ago
Does LNG have a lower carbon footprint that other fossil fuel energy sources?
- uncoder0 9y ago
  Yes. About half the CO2 as well as an order of magnitude less NOx not sure on other levels. I'm pretty sure much less CO. IIRC lower levels of byproduct is because LNG is a more pure hydrocarbon than Coal.
- Longlius 9y ago
  Yes. Natural gas plants drop emissions by 50-60% compared to a comparable coal plant.
- philipkglass 9y ago
  Yes. Median emissions intensity for electricity from combined-cycle natural gas plants, reported by the IPCC as of 2014, is 490 grams of CO2-equivalent per kilowatt hour. That compares with coal at 820 g/kWh and cofired coal/biomass at 740 g/kWh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-cycle_greenhouse-gas_emissions_of_energy_sources#2014_IPCC.2C_Global_warming_potential_of_selected_electricity_sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-cycle_greenhouse-gas_emis...