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To add to this: if you burn one mol (16g) of CH4 you get one mol of CO2 (44g) and water and 900 KJ of energy. If you burn one mol (12g) of C you get the same mo
by credit_guy 6y ago
To add to this: if you burn one mol (16g) of CH4 you get one mol of CO2 (44g) and water and 900 KJ of energy. If you burn one mol (12g) of C you get the same mol of CO2 (44g) and only 400 KJ of energy. Overall you get more than twice the same thermal energy for the same amount of emitted CO2. What's more, the most efficient power plant can only convert 42% of the thermal energy into electricity, while the most efficient gas power plant can convert 62%.