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No perhaps about it. Natural gas is far better a fossil fuel to burn than coal per BTU. Still not ideal, of course. But it absolutely has its place as a tran
by Baeocystin 8y ago
No perhaps about it. Natural gas is far better a fossil fuel to burn than coal per BTU.
Still not ideal, of course. But it absolutely has its place as a transition fuel as we work to decarbonize our energy production.
- manicdee 8y agoFor the same money we can build solar and wind plant faster than gas, with the benefit of not using fossil fuels and increasing the rate of greenhouse gas emissions. Methane is not a transition fuel, it is simply a smoke and mirrors truck replacing some of the CO2 emissions of coal with methane emissions from well to furnace. Methane is far worse than carbon dioxide, we should not be following plans to increase methane emissions for a token reduction of CO2 emissions.