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Isn't LNG 'methane' and therefore one of, if not the worst, greenhouse gasses?

• smcl 4y ago
  Yep, but I think the GP meant that it burns well and the result of that combustion isn’t too harmful. It would, i think, produce carbon dioxide and water but someone who studied chemistry at any level can confirm (I hated the subject)
• Cthulhu_ 4y ago
  Yes; the Nord Stream attack released 100-400K tons of gas in one go; for comparison, the energy sector releases about 135 million tons of methane per year from oil and gas, and cattle emits about 70-odd million. A relative drop in the ocean, I guess (I didn't know the figures offhand). Sources: https://www.npr.org/2022/10/04/1126562195/the-nord-stream-pipelines-have-stopped-leaking-but-the-methane-emitted-broke-rec https://www.npr.org/2022/10/04/1126562195/the-nord-stream-pi... https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261318/cattle-methane-emissions-worldwide/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261318/cattle-methane-e...
• mrguyorama 4y ago
  If a trainload of methane ignites after a crash, that's actually better for the environment (at least greenhouse gas-wise) than letting it evaporate.
• dralley 4y ago
  >one of, if not the worst, greenhouse gasses? Worse than CO2? Yes. Worse than pretty much any kind of refrigerant? No, not even close. The lower bound on those is probably 100x worse and increasing from there.