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Natural gas displacing coal is good for CO2 emissions, but afaik methane leakage across the supply chain is not measured very well. I'm afraid that our usage of
by adrianN 5y ago
Natural gas displacing coal is good for CO2 emissions, but afaik methane leakage across the supply chain is not measured very well. I'm afraid that our usage of natural gas will continue to increase because it's so easy to greenwash. For example various lobbying groups try very hard to push for a Hydrogen economy that is largely based on natural gas.
- makomk 5y agoCoal isn't exactly great in terms of methane emissions either. If I remember rightly, a bunch of unexplained methane in the atmosphere was tracked down to coal mining in China in particular.
- 8note 5y agoThere was an agreement between Canada and the US to go about measuring it well, but I think when trump got elected, it was canned. Mind you, I think nat gas usage will increase, since it lets us get rid of coal without having to have solved the hard problems around energy storage.
- dillondoyle 5y agoNatural Gas is also being heavily lobbied by power corps right now with the upcoming reconciliation bill. Not surprisingly they are all in on electric cars ;) I'm very concerned the bill doesn't prioritize enough %spend on climate and that those provisions will get watered down. anything will still be 10x or more than all previous efforts combined. Just not enough... https://www.eenews.net/articles/industry-looks-to-shape-democrats-clean-energy-plans/ https://www.eenews.net/articles/industry-looks-to-shape-demo...