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> in some sense that's 'low carbon' It doesn't in a sense that meaningfully addresses the challenges we're facing, though.

• kragen 4y ago
  reducing the carbon dioxide emitted by 40 percent at the same load does in fact meaningfully ensmallen the global warming problem, unless there's some compensating extra emissions somewhere else in the system, like methane leaking from pipelines
  • pyrale 4y ago
    That's just for electricity production. A 40% reduction in the sector where we could do 90-95% leaves no room for sectors where there are fewer opportunities. 40% for electricity means a much lower reduction overall, especially if it informs the efforts we're willing to make.
    • kragen 4y ago
      right, it's only a 40% reduction from the activity that switches to gas however, methane does work as a transport fuel as well, at least for land transport not sure what you mean by 'leaves no room for sectors where there are fewer opportunities'