> Or at best we just replace coal with natural gas, and in which case who cares, our CO2 production is still going up? One should care about coal versus natura

> Or at best we just replace coal with natural gas, and in which case who cares, our CO2 production is still going up? One should care about coal versus natural/methane gas because: > Coal produces more CO2 per unit of energy than natural gas does when burned. Coal consumption for electricity generation produces 209 pounds of CO2 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), compared with 117 pounds of CO2/MMBtu for natural gas. * https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=48296 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=48296 > Coal contains more carbon than oil or gas. When we burn these fuels, the higher amount of carbon in coal reacts to form CO2, while a higher proportion of hydrogen in oil and gas causes them to form H2O along with CO2. * https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/why-does-burning-coal-generate-more-co2-oil-or-gas https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/why-does-burning-coal-genera... (Happy to switch to nuclear and/or renewable instead though.)