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gas is emitting half of CO2 than coal, it's also much cleaner: coal emits heavy metals and radioactivity when burned. Gas also enables a higher penetration of
by flavius29663 4y ago
gas is emitting half of CO2 than coal, it's also much cleaner: coal emits heavy metals and radioactivity when burned.
Gas also enables a higher penetration of renewables. We won't get to zero emissions in the next 10 years, but we can get to zero emissions for days on end, because of gas plants.
- danhor 4y agoGas emits less CO2, but when it leaks it's much worse (Methane) so in the United States it's not far off in the normal pipeline network. In most countries we're not close to a penetration of renewables that significantly profit from the flexilibilty of gas. Thus building new gas infra isn't really helping. If storage (not just batteries) pans out the way we're hoping, gas can just be skipped. If not, it can be built quickly.