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Honest question, how bad is natural gas actually carbon wise? I remember it being touted maybe 15 years ago about how great it was compared to gasoline and bei
by donatj 7y ago
Honest question, how bad is natural gas actually carbon wise?
I remember it being touted maybe 15 years ago about how great it was compared to gasoline and being a renewable resource. If I recall some national parks vehicles and bus lines [1] were moving to it.
[1] https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy00osti/28377.pdf https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy00osti/28377.pdf
- simonh 7y agoIt releases about 15% less CO2 than gasoline, so it's a bit better. It does produce fewer particulates and combusts more completely, so there are fewer other byproducts such as CO and NOx.
- Gibbon1 7y agoAs far as CO2 I think it's half as bad as coal. Propbably 10 times worse than solar, wind, nuclear or hydro[1]. As the other responder says it causes less air pollution than gasoline and diesel. [1] Heard complaints that dams -> organic rich sediment -> bacteria -> methane -> global warming. I have no good feel for this argument though.