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Does LNG have a lower carbon footprint that other fossil fuel energy sources?
by losteric 9y ago
Does LNG have a lower carbon footprint that other fossil fuel energy sources?
- uncoder0 9y agoYes. 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 agoYes. Natural gas plants drop emissions by 50-60% compared to a comparable coal plant.
- philipkglass 9y agoYes. 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...